Cannibal breaks wind as means of attack

Motif

Cannibal breaks wind as means of attack.

Ogres. · Kinds of ogres. · Cannibals and cannibalism. · Other motifs dealing with cannibals. · view the constellation · filed as G93

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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.

N. Am. Indian (California)Gayton and Newman 69.

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Filed under Other motifs dealing with cannibals.

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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 Cannibal has long tooth and long nail Cannibalism brings madness Cannibal hard to lift Cannibal's gigantic meal Old man says his arm is getting thin – indicates desire for human flesh

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