Wild man released from captivity aids hero

Motif

Wild man released from captivity aids hero.

Ogres. · Other ogre motifs. · Unclassified ogre motifs. · view the constellation · filed as G671

Scholars’ trail — 6references

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.

Missouri FrenchCarrière
IcelandicBoberg.
general *Type 502
general BP III 94ff.
general Dickson 121 n. 64
general Jones PMLA XXIII 567

Within the index

Filed under Unclassified ogre motifs.

Filed beside it

Ogre teaches smith how to transform sand in his smithy Ogre sings constantly, usually own name Ogre attracts attention by whistling Ogre's ashes cast on stream cause rapids to stop. Also kill all creatures in the stream Ogre's secret overheard Vanquished ogre grants hero's three wishes Hero in service of wild man Ogre's wife jealous of him Ogres harnessed to plow Ogre carrying mortar and pestle Ogress attracted by scent of sugar cane ravages city Ogre gives riddle on pain of death Large price exacted for curing ogre after wounding him Cannibal offers wealth to save his life Bodies of victims in front of ogre's house

Carried in tale types

The Wild Man · ATU 5021 recorded variant

wander