Help from ogre's wife (mistress) — Mythoi

Motif

Help from ogre's wife (mistress).

Ogres. · Ogre defeated. · Ogre's relative aids hero. · view the constellation · filed as G530.1

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth *Cross
Icelandic *Boberg
Breton Sébillot Incidents s. v. "ogresse"
India *Thompson-Balys
N. Am. Indian *Thompson Tales 325 n. 171.
general *Types 302, 461
general *Aarne FFC XXIII 160

Within the index

Filed under Ogre's relative aids hero.

1 finer motif beneath it

Giant overcome and slain when his wife binds his hair to posts

Filed beside it

Help from ogre's daughter (or son). (Cf. G455.) Help from ogre's mother Help from ogre's grandmother Help from old woman in ogre's house Ogre's maidservant as helper Hero hidden and ogre deceived by his wife (daughter) when he says that he smells human blood Ogre tells wife how people may evade his power Captive woman in ogre's house helps hero Ogre defeated with divine help

Carried in tale types

Three Hairs from the Devil's Beard · ATU 461 1 recorded variant

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