μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Rescue from ogre by helpful animals.

Ogres. · Ogre defeated. · Rescue from ogre. · view the constellation · filed as G552

Filed across the traditions
  • Eskimo (Greenland) Rasmussen II 85
  • Africa (Kaffir) Kidd 226 No. 1, (Zulu): Callaway 147
  • Jamaica *Beckwith MAFLS XVII 274 No. 86.
  • general *Type 312
Within the index

Filed under Rescue from ogre.

Filed beside it
Rescue from ogre by relative 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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