Hero overcomes devastating animal

Motif

Hero overcomes devastating animal.

Ogres. · Ogre defeated. · Ogre killed, maimed, or captured. · view the constellation · filed as G510.4

Scholars’ trail — 2references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

IcelandicÞiðriks saga II 125ff., 135–38
IndiaThompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Ogre killed, maimed, or captured.

Filed beside it

Defeated giant gives his daughter to victor. (Cf. G512.0.3.)Secrets forced from overpowered monster. (Cf. G515.)Defeated giant becomes friend and helper of victor Ogress with knife tail defeated by hunter Ogre blinded Ogre killed Ogre killed and resuscitated so as to be of help to hero Ogre captured Holy men keep devils under control Ogre killed through other tricks

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