Ogre burned to death

Motif

Ogre burned to death.

Ogres. · Ogre defeated. · Ogre killed, maimed, or captured. · view the constellation · filed as G512.3

Scholars’ trail — 5references

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.

SpanishEspinosa Jr. No. 81
IndiaThompson-Balys
HawaiiBeckwith Myth 141, 195, 445
N. Am. Indian*Thompson Tales 353 n. 274, (California): Gayton and Newman 70
Africa (Fang)Trilles 253, (Duala): Lederbogen Fables 57.

Within the index

Filed under Ogre killed.

4 finer motifs beneath it

Ogre killed by throwing hot stones (metal) into his throat Ogre burned in his own oven Grass as fuel for burning ogre Jinn falls into cauldron of boiling oil, thinking it is food

Filed beside it

Hero kills trouble-making evil strong men Ogre's daughter killed together with her father Hero killing an ogress gains her adopted daughter for his wife. (Cf. G510.1.)Ogre killed with knife (sword)Ogre stoned to death Ogre persuaded to go into hole: buried alive Ogre killed by burning external soul Giant killed by cutting his foot (feet) off Backbone of ogre's old mother broken Ogre killed by striking Animal kills ogre. (Cf. B524.)Ogre killed by lightning Ogre drowned

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