Cannibal sharpens knife to kill captive — Mythoi

Motif

Cannibal sharpens knife to kill captive.

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

Filed across the traditions

German Grimm No. 41 → on our shelf: Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 41
Lithuanian Balys Index No. 3910
Japanese Ikeda
Jamaica *Beckwith MAFLS XVII 270f. Nos. 82, 83.

Within the index

Filed under Other motifs dealing with cannibals.

1 finer motif beneath it

Ogress whets teeth to kill captive

Filed beside it

Unwitting marriage to cannibal Cannibal fattens victim Fee-fi-fo-fum. Cannibal returning home smells human flesh and makes exclamation. (Cf. G11.8.1.) Ungrateful cannibal. Eats offered food and then threatens hosts Cannibals cut off parts of children's bodies Cannibal crunching human bone says noise is only eating of peas Cannibal has long tooth and long nail Cannibalism brings madness Cannibal hard to lift Cannibal breaks wind as means of attack Cannibal's gigantic meal Old man says his arm is getting thin – indicates desire for human flesh

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Cannibal giant. (Cf. G82, G83, G84.)

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