μῦθοι Mythoi
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
Filed across the traditions
  • 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 (Thompson’s cf.)
Brother rescues sister(s). (Cf. G551.1.)
Carried in tale types

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