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 — Mythoi

Motif

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.

Ogres. · Ogre defeated. · Ogre deceived into self-injury. · view the constellation · filed as G526

Filed across the traditions

India *Thompson-Balys
Indonesian De Vries's list No. 244
Africa (Benga) Nassau 121ff. No. 12, (Zanzibar): Bateman 187 No. 9.
general *Type 327
general *Cosquin RTP XXV 1, 65, 126
general Penzer I 157 n. 2, VII 123, 263
general Saintyves Perrault 276

Within the index

Filed under Ogre deceived into self-injury.

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 Sea people give the ogre brandy (tar) Giant killed by his own bucket of death water; captive princess tells him to wash Stupid ogre duped into cutting off his own buttocks

Carried in tale types

Hansel and Gretel · ATU 327A 6 recorded variants
The Witch and the Fisher Boy · ATU 327F 2 recorded variants
The Devil (Witch) Carries the Hero Home in a Sack · ATU 327C 1 recorded variant

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