Ogre overawed by trick

Motif

Ogre overawed by trick.

Ogres. · Ogre defeated. · Ogre overawed. · view the constellation · filed as G572

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

India*Thompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Ogre overawed.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Ogre deceived by throwing burning oil instead of spittle on him Ogre deceived by showing sharp knife or sword for nose or tongue

Filed beside it

Oaths (abusive speeches) drive ogres away

wander