Ogre persuaded to drink pond dry bursts — Mythoi

Motif

Ogre persuaded to drink pond dry bursts.

Ogres. · Ogre defeated. · Ogre deceived into self-injury. · view the constellation · filed as G522

Filed across the traditions

India Thompson-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 overcome Ogre kills self when he sees crumbs lying on his belly Ogre deceived into stabbing himself. He imitates the hero who has stabbed a bag of blood Sea 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 burnt Giant killed by his own bucket of death water; captive princess tells him to wash Stupid ogre duped into cutting off his own buttocks

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