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Motif

Ogress whets teeth to kill captive.

Ogres. · Kinds of ogres. · Cannibals and cannibalism. · Other motifs dealing with cannibals. · view the constellation · filed as G83.1

Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth Cross (G153)
  • Italian Basile Pentamerone IV No. 8, V No. 4.
  • general Köhler-Bolte Zs. f. Vksk. VI 64 (to Gonzenbach No. 13)
Within the index

Filed under Cannibal sharpens knife to kill captive.

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