Rescue from ogre — Mythoi

Motif

Rescue from ogre.

Ogres. · Ogre defeated. · Rescue from ogre. · view the constellation · filed as G550

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter LXVI LXVI. The External Soul in Folk-Tales

Filed across the traditions

Icelandic *Boberg
Breton Sébillot Incidents s. v. "Barbe-bleu"
Missouri French Carrière
Swiss Jegerlehner Oberwallis 304 No. 30
Indonesia Dixon 227
Africa (Kaffir) Theal 83
Jamaica *Beckwith MAFLS XVII 271 No. 83, 273 No. 86.
general *Types 311, 312, 313, 314, 590
general North Africa: *Saintyves Perrault 267

Within the index

4 finer motifs beneath it

Rescue from ogre by relative Rescue from ogre by helpful animals Rescue from ogre by means of singing Recognition of captive's voice brings about rescue from ogre. Usually captive sings in the bag

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