Help from ogre's daughter (or son). (Cf. G455.)

Motif

Help from ogre's daughter (or son). (Cf. G455.)

Ogres. · Ogre defeated. · Ogre's relative aids hero. · view the constellation · filed as G530.2

“Tiphys, son of Hagnias, who steered the ship; Orpheus, son of Oeagrus; Zetes and Calais, sons of Boreas ; Castor and Pollux, sons of Zeus ; Telamon and Peleus, sons of Aeacus; Hercules, son of Zeus; Theseus, son of Aegeus; Idas and Lynceus, sons of Aphareus; Ampbhiaraus, son of Oicles; Caeneus, son of Coronus; Palaemon, son of Hephaestus or of Aetolus ; Cepheus, son of Aleus ; Laertes son of Arci- sius; Autolycus, son of Hermes;…”

— The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK I, ch. IX · served from our shelf uncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

On our shelf — the index’s citations, resolved to served chapters

GreekThe Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK I, ch. IXThompson cites: Frazer Apollodorus I 109 n. 4

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Greco-RomanThe Library (Bibliotheca), APPENDIX, ch. 34

Scholars’ trail — 11references

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.

Irish myth*Cross
IcelandicMacCulloch Eddic 54, *Boberg
ItalianBasile Pentamerone III No. 9, V No. 4
GreekFrazer Apollodorus I 109 n. 4 → on our shelf: The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK I, ch. IX
India*Thompson-Balys
Mono-AluWheeler 8f., 31, 44ff., 48
N. Am. Indian*Thompson Tales 325 n. 171
Africa (Zulu)Callaway 49, (Ekoi): Talbot 7.
general *Type 975**
general **Aarne FFC XXIII 160f.
general S. Am. Indian (Ceuici): Alexander Lat. Am. 303

Within the index

Filed under Ogre's relative aids hero.

Filed beside it

Help from ogre's wife (mistress)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

Travels with

Falling into ogre's power through fascination with his daughter. (Cf. G530.2.)Riddles solved with aid of propounder's wife. (Cf. G530.2, H335.0.1, H974.)

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Sleepless dragon Brazen-footed, fire-breathing bulls. (Cf. B15.6, B15.5)Animal languages learned from serpent (not eaten). (Cf. B176.)Bird language Grateful animals Helpful serpent Tabu: falsely claiming the powers of a god Transformation and disenchantment at will Power of self-transformation received from a god Magic ship. (Cf. D1121.)Magic drug renders invulnerable. (Cf. D1240.)Symplegades. Rocks that clash together at intervals. (Cf. D931.)

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