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.

  • S. Am. Indian (Amazon)Alexander Lat. Am. 300
  • Missouri FrenchCarrière.
  • general Fb "mave" II 565
Within the index

Filed under Ogre deceived into self-injury.

1 finer motif beneath it
Ogre deceived into hanging himself
Filed beside it
Ogre made drunk and overcomeOgre persuaded to drink pond dry burstsOgre kills self when he sees crumbs lying on his bellySea 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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