μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
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  • Missouri FrenchCarrière.
  • general *BP III 333
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Filed under Ogre (large animal) overawed.

4 finer motifs beneath it
Felling the whole forest. Told to bring in a tree, the hero asks, "Why not the whole forest?" The ogre is frightenedA thousand at one shot. Told to shoot one or two wild boars, hero asks, "Why not a thousand at one shot?" The ogre is frightenedBringing the whole well. Told to get water, hero demands bucket large enough to bring in the whole well. The ogre is frightenedWrestler claims to be able even to carry away a mountain
Filed beside 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 barks
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Man chased by bear to camp claims that he brought it in thus since he did not want to carry it. (Cf. K1741.)

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