Ogress lives in water. (Cf. F420.1.4.9, F426.)

Motif

Ogress lives in water. (Cf. F420.1.4.9, F426.)

Ogres. · Other ogre motifs. · Characteristics of ogres. · view the constellation · filed as G639

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.

IcelandicMacCulloch Eddic 280–81, Corpus Poeticum Boreale I 152, Boberg.

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.)North as abode of evil spirits 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

Travels with

Water-giants Spirit of water-fall

wander