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Ogre made drunk and overcome.

Ogres. · Ogre defeated. · Ogre deceived into self-injury. · view the constellation · filed as G521

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“The legend, these writers inform us, was told to explain why the maiden goddess Artemis was invoked by women in childbed, Now Artemis devoted herself to the chase and remained a maid; but Apollo learned the art of prophecy from Pan, theson of Zeus and Hybris,! and came to Delphi, where Themis at that time used to deliver oracles;? and when the snake Python, which guarded the oracle, would have hindered him from approaching the chasm,?…”

The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK I, ch. IV · served from our shelf uncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

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Filed under Ogre deceived into self-injury.

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Ogre persuaded to drink pond dry burstsOgre kills self when he sees crumbs lying on his bellyOgre deceived into stabbing himself. He imitates the hero who has stabbed a bag of bloodSea people give the ogre brandy (tar)Ogre deceived by feigned ignorance of hero. Hero must be shown how to get into oven (or the like). Ogre shows him and permits himself to be burntGiant killed by his own bucket of death water; captive princess tells him to washStupid ogre duped into cutting off his own buttocks
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Tabu: mortal lusting after goddessGiant. A person of enormous size. (For giants who are primarily ogres see G100 and G400–G599.)Giant wades the oceanGiant throws a great rockBlindness healed by sun's raysProphecy: future greatness of unborn child. (Cf. M301.2.2, M301.5.1, M301.12, M359.3, M371.1.)God swallows his pregnant wife to prevent birth of son whom he fearsFlaying alive as punishment for contesting with a godBirth from person's head

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