Old man says his arm is getting thin – indicates desire for human flesh — Mythoi

Motif

Old man says his arm is getting thin – indicates desire for human flesh.

Ogres. · Kinds of ogres. · Cannibals and cannibalism. · Other motifs dealing with cannibals. · view the constellation · filed as G95

Filed across the traditions

Eskimo (Greenland) Rasmussen III 86.

Within the index

Filed under Other motifs dealing with cannibals.

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 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

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