Ogre vulnerable only when his face is turned away when he is struck

Motif

Ogre vulnerable only when his face is turned away when he is struck.

Miscellaneous groups of motifs. · Unique exceptions · Unique vulnerability. · view the constellation · filed as Z315

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.

IndiaThompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Unique vulnerability.

Filed beside it

Achilles heel. Invulnerability except in one spot Unique deadly weapon. Only one thing will kill a certain man Vulnerability only by one person Sword which will break in only one peril: this known only to the maker of the sword Only one way to besiege certain city

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