North as abode of evil spirits

Motif

North as abode of evil spirits.

Ogres. · Other ogre motifs. · Characteristics of ogres. · view the constellation · filed as G633

Scholars’ trail — 3references

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.

Irish mythCross
general Wimberly 136
general Gaster Oldest Stories 233, Jewish: Neuman.

Within the index

Filed under Characteristics of ogres.

Filed beside it

Ogre so old that his eyelids must be propped up Ogre who cannot endure daylight. (Cf. G636.)Genie sleeps with eyes open Ogre revives after limbs are severed Ogres powerless after cockcrow. (Cf. G632.)Ogres live in trees Ogre powerless to cross stream Ogress lives in water. (Cf. F420.1.4.9, F426.)

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