μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 3references

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.

  • IndiaThompson-Balys.
  • general *Type 327
  • general BP I 115
Within the index

Filed under Ogre deceived into self-injury.

1 finer motif beneath it
Ogre drinks till he bursts – turns into fog
Filed beside it
Ogre made drunk and overcomeOgre 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

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