μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 6references

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.

  • Missouri FrenchCarrière
  • SpanishEspinosa Jr. No. 5
  • IndiaThompson-Balys
  • ChineseEberhard FFC CXX 14 Nos. 3, 4
  • Africa (Wachaga)Gutmann 191f.
  • West IndiesFlowers 542.
Within the index
23 finer motifs beneath it
Ogre made to believe small hero is large: overawedBoys threaten to harness tiger. They have jumped on him from behind and he cannot see. He buys them offWeak animal (man) makes large one (ogre) believe that he has eaten many of the large one's companions. The latter is frightenedHare as ambassador of the moon. Hare claiming to be ambassador of moon shows elephant the moon irritated in a spring. Elephant is persuaded that the moon is angryBig shoes in front of the barn. Man makes giant shoes and places them so that ogre thinks a giant lives thereOgre overawed by hero's boasts about marvelous relativesHero proves himself a cannibal by trick vomit-exchangeMonkey pretends that his house always answers himGoat pretends to be chewing rock. Frightens wolf"St. George's Dogs" (wolves). The man says, "St. George's dogs are coming!" The ogre fleesGiantess frightened of leaving cave because of hero's statue in entranceTiger frightened at hearing unknown windThe bear trainer and his bear. (Schrätel und Wasserbär.) Ogre is driven out by hero's bear. The next year the ogre asks, "Is the big cat still living?" Hero says that it now has many kittens. Ogre is overawedWages: as much as he can carry. To get rid of the boy the troll offers him as large wages as he is able to carry. Boy says that this will be too much, that he will be contented merely with what the troll can carryOgre made to believe hero has withstood fire. Hero escapes and after the room he has been in is burned he returns and is found sitting in the ashes. "It was a bit hot," he saysDog pretends to be calling dog in the moon when he barksTroll bluffed away from christening. He is invited but told that guests will include the Virgin Mary, Thor the Thunderer, etc. He stays away but sends the finest presentBluff: hero professes to be able to perform much larger task than that assignedHero threatens to pull the lake together with a rope. The ogre is intimidatedHero threatens to haul away the warehouse with a rope. The ogre is intimidatedTrickster threatens to throw weight into a cloud: ogre intimidatedOgre terrified by woman's legs. He has formerly been caught in a vise. On his approach, the man's wife stands on her head and ogre thinks her legs are a vise. He fleesOgre terrified by an iron man. In order to save the king's daughter from the ogre an iron man is forged
Travels with
Escape by frightening would-be captors. (Cf. K1710.)

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