Giant killed by cutting his foot (feet) off

Motif

Giant killed by cutting his foot (feet) off.

Ogres. · Ogre defeated. · Ogre killed, maimed, or captured. · view the constellation · filed as G512.6

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

Icelandic*Boberg.

Within the index

Filed under Ogre killed.

1 finer motif beneath it

Giant's (ogre's) arm pulled (cut) off by defender of castle (house)

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 burned to death Ogre persuaded to go into hole: buried alive Ogre killed by burning external soul 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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