μῦθοι Mythoi
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

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth *Cross
  • Icelandic MacCulloch Eddic 54, *Boberg
  • Italian Basile Pentamerone III No. 9, V No. 4
  • Greek Frazer Apollodorus I 109 n. 4 → on our shelf: The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK I, ch. IX
  • India *Thompson-Balys
  • Mono-Alu Wheeler 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 (Thompson’s cf.)
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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