Rescue of sister from ogre by brother

Motif

Rescue of sister from ogre by brother.

Ogres. · Ogre defeated. · Rescue from ogre. · view the constellation · filed as G551.1

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

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

Scholars’ trail — 5references

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.

Jamaica*Beckwith MAFLS XVII 274 No. 86
Africa (Zulu)Callaway 146, (Kaffir): Theal 134, (Hottentot): Bleek 62 No. 27.
general *Type 312
general Krappe Revue Celtique XLVIII (1931) 99ff., Rheinisches Museum f. Philologie N. F. LXXX 114ff. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. *454
general Eskimo (W. Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 195

Within the index

Filed under Rescue from ogre by relative.

Filed beside it

Rescue of sister from ogre by another sister Rescue of children from ogre by brother One brother rescues another from ogre Cannibal is killed by his wife's relatives

Travels with

Brother rescues sister(s). (Cf. G551.1.)

Carried in tale types

Maiden-killer (Bluebeard) (previously The Giant-killer and his Dog) · ATU 3121 recorded variant

wander