Man pretends to cut toenails of cannibal woman: kills her

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Man pretends to cut toenails of cannibal woman: kills her.

Ogres. · Ogre defeated. · Ogre killed, maimed, or captured. · view the constellation · filed as G519.1.2

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Eskimo (West Hudson Bay)Boas BAM XV 190.

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Filed under Ogre's wife killed through other tricks.

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