Cannibal has long tooth and long nail

Motif

Cannibal has long tooth and long nail.

Ogres. · Kinds of ogres. · Cannibals and cannibalism. · Other motifs dealing with cannibals. · view the constellation · filed as G88

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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.

Africa (Basuto)Jacottet 210 No. 31.

Within the index

Filed under Other motifs dealing with cannibals.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Men with iron claws eat girl Man-eater with two great tusks on which he hangs the carcasses of the dead

Filed beside it

Unwitting marriage to cannibal Cannibal fattens victim Cannibal sharpens knife to kill captive 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 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

Cannibal with extraordinary features. (Cf. G88.)

wander