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Motif

Sea people give the ogre brandy (tar).

Ogres. · Ogre defeated. · Ogre deceived into self-injury. · view the constellation · filed as G525

Filed across the traditions
  • Finnish Aarne FFC XXXIII 44 No. 62**
  • Lappish Qvigstad FFC LX 47 No. 68.
Within the index

Filed under Ogre deceived into self-injury.

1 finer motif beneath it
Witch wishes to have as pretty teeth as man: drinks boiling oil
Filed beside it
Ogre made drunk and overcome Ogre persuaded to drink pond dry bursts 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 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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