Marvels

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• Giant woman. F531.0.4
• Appearance of giant. F531.1
• Beauty of giant. F531.1.0.1
• Beautiful giantess. F531.1.0.1.1
• Hideous giant. F531.1.0.2
• Eyes of giant. F531.1.1
• Giant with one eye in middle of forehead. (Cf. F512.1.1.) F531.1.1.1
• Giant with one eye in the neck which he covers with his lower lip. F531.1.1.1.1
• Giant with large gleaming eyes. F531.1.1.2
• Giant with eyes as big as cauldrons. F531.1.1.2.1
• Giant with eyes like ponds. F531.1.1.2.2
• Blind giant. F531.1.1.3
• Giant sees great distance. F531.1.1.4
• Giant with many eyes. F531.1.1.5
• Giant with eight eyes. F531.1.1.5.1
• Giantess with green eyes. F531.1.1.6
• Head of giant. F531.1.2
• Gigantic head. F531.1.2.0.1
• Headless giant. (Cf. F511.0.1.) F531.1.2.1
• Many-headed giant. F531.1.2.2
• Two-headed giant. F531.1.2.2.1
• Three-headed giant. F531.1.2.2.2
• Five-headed giant. F531.1.2.2.3
• Six-headed giant. F531.1.2.2.4
• Nine-headed giant. F531.1.2.2.5
• Ten-headed giant. F531.1.2.2.6
• [First Edition: F531.1.2.5. Fifty-headed giant.] F531.1.2.5[1st ed.]
• Many-headed giant – miscellaneous. F531.1.2.2.7
• Giant's self-returning head. F531.1.2.3
• Giant with horse head. F531.1.2.4
• Giant with stone head. F531.1.2.5
• Feet (legs) of giant. F531.1.3
• Giant with dragon-scales for feet. F531.1.3.1
• Giant with heels in front. (Cf. A526.8, F451.2.2.1, F517.1.5, G303.4.5.6.) F531.1.3.2
• One-footed giant. F531.1.3.3
• One-legged giant. F531.1.3.3.1
• Giant's step leaves deep furrows. F531.1.3.4
• Giant fleet of foot despite size. F531.1.3.5
• Giant with feet so large they cannot be moved. F531.1.3.6
• Lips of giant. F531.1.4
• Giant with upper lip reaching heaven; lower earth. F531.1.4.1
• Giant with lower lip reaching earth. F531.1.4.1.1
• Giant (giantess) with lips hanging down on the breast. F531.1.4.2
• Breasts of giantess. F531.1.5
• Giantess throws her breasts over her shoulders. Her two sons can run after her and suck. F531.1.5.1
• Other bodily characteristics of giant. F531.1.6
• Giant with nails like claws. F531.1.6.1
• Giantess with iron nails. F531.1.6.1.1
• Giant with crooked nails. F531.1.6.1.2
• Giant with teeth like those of saw. F531.1.6.2
• Giants (giantesses) with long teeth. F531.1.6.2.1
• Giant with very broad teeth. F531.1.6.2.2
• Giants with shaggy hair on their bodies. F531.1.6.3
• Giant (giantess) with particularly long hair. F531.1.6.3.1
• Giant without hair. F531.1.6.3.2
• Giant with long beard. F531.1.6.4
• Giant with golden hair on forehead. F531.1.6.5
• Giant with peculiar nose. F531.1.6.6
• Giant with crook on end of his nose. F531.1.6.6.1
• One-armed giant. F531.1.6.7
• Three-armed giant. F531.1.6.7.1
• Giant with six or eight arms. F531.1.6.7.2
• Giantess with burned arms. F531.1.6.7.3
• Giant's peculiar cheeks. F531.1.6.8
• Giant rooted to ground because his nails and hair have grown into the earth on account of his great age. F531.1.6.9
• Giant with unusual heart. F531.1.6.10
• Giant with stone heart. F531.1.6.10.1
• Giant (giantess) with hump. F531.1.6.11
• Giant with one hand and one foot. F531.1.6.12
• Giant's strength in hair. (Cf. D1831, G221.1.) F531.1.6.13
• Giantess with a tail (many tails). F531.1.6.14
• Color of giant. F531.1.7
• Green giant. F531.1.7.1
• Black giant. F531.1.7.2
• Giant in animal form. F531.1.8
• Giant as wolf. F531.1.8.1
• Giant as serpent. F531.1.8.2
• Giant as eagle. F531.1.8.3
• Giantess in crow's shape. F531.1.8.4
• Giantess transforms self to fly in order to tear woman's stomach. F531.1.8.5
• Giant in a gam's shape. F531.1.8.6
• Giant as eagle. F531.1.8.7
• Giant (giantess) as sea-mammal. F531.1.8.8
• Frost-giants. F531.1.9
• Fire giants. F531.1.10
• Giants and giantesses dressed as human beings. F531.1.11
• Giant bride's equipment. F531.1.12
• Size of giant. F531.2
• Extremely tall giant. (Cf. F533.) F531.2.1
• Giant fifteen feet tall with three feet between the eyes. F531.2.1.1
• Giants fifty feet tall with footprints six feet long. F531.2.1.2
• Waters of Deluge reach to giant's ankles. F531.2.1.3
• Giant extends across whole island. Head against stone in west and feet against another in east. F531.2.1.4
• Giant reaches to the sky. Must lean over to keep from touching. F531.2.1.5
• Giantess is twice as tall as tall man. F531.2.1.6
• Giant with three spans between brows and three yards between shoulders. F531.2.2
• Giant girl's face is an elbow length wide. F531.2.2.1
• Giant's ears six hundred feet long. F531.2.2.2
• Giant's skull holds a man seated. F531.2.3
• Giant's skull so large fowl can pass through eye-hole. F531.2.3.1
• Giant's skull holds three hounds. F531.2.3.2
• Giant's large footprints. (Cf. F531.2.1.2.) F531.2.4
• Extremely fat giant. (Cf. F532.) F531.2.5
• Giantess is more broad than tall. F531.2.5.1
• Giant lies underground with trees growing all over his body. When his mouth is opened man falls into it and is swallowed. F531.2.6
• Giant so large he cannot be carried by a horse. F531.2.7
• Giant can find only one horse able to carry him. F531.2.8
• Giant occupies space of thrice nine men. F531.2.9
• Giant must rest on elbow while speaking to be audible to mortal. F531.2.10
• Demon looks like a mountain. F531.2.11
• Man with eyes the size of brass pots, teeth like axeheads, ears like elephant's ears. F531.2.12
• Giantess so heavy that boat almost sinks. F531.2.13
• Baby giants four months old "two feet broad in the chest and twelve feet high." F531.2.14
• Sack of earth in giant's hand looks no bigger than a pea in hand of a man. F531.2.15
• Gargantuan feats. F531.3
• Giant wades the ocean. F531.3.1
• Water enters into giant's boots from above. F531.3.1.1
• Giant's leg stops ship at sea. F531.3.1.2
• Giant holds back water of river with his foot. F531.3.1.2.1
• Thor carries giant in basket across icy stream. F531.3.1.3
• Giant blows to prevent approach of ship. F531.3.1.4
• Giant throws a great rock. F531.3.2
• Giants throw stones after churches. F531.3.2.1
• Giant slings stone with his garters (hair ribbon, etc.) F531.3.2.2
• Giants throw tools back and forth. Explains rocks, etc. F531.3.2.3
• Giant hurls mountain. F531.3.2.4
• Giant astride a church-roof. Rides it like a horse. F531.3.3
• Giant eats (drinks) prodigious amount. F531.3.4
• Giant eats a thousand cattle. F531.3.4.1
• Giant drinks up a river (lake, sea). F531.3.4.2
• Giant eats whales as small fry. F531.3.4.3
• Giant steps prodigious distance. F531.3.5
• Giant bestrides mountain. F531.3.5.1
• Giant's mighty stride spans earth's width. F531.3.5.2
• Giant stands astride river. F531.3.5.3
• Giants carry church across a stream. F531.3.6
• Giant comes to bake too soon; spills dough. Giant who has common oven with another thinks he hears companion in next valley scraping the kneading trough. He bakes his dough but finds he is too early and that he has only heard himself scratching. He spills the dough: hence fruitful soil. (Cf. F451.7.2, F455.3.5.) F531.3.7
• Giants' shouts are storms or great noise. F531.3.8
• Giant's snoring as thunder or storm. F531.3.8.1
• Giant's snoring felt as rain. F531.3.8.2
• Homecoming giant heard far away. F531.3.8.3
• Giantess sings so that it gives echo in all cliffs. F531.3.8.4
• Earthquake as giant falls down. F531.3.8.5
• Earthquake by giant's wrestling. F531.3.8.5.1
• Giants sit on mountains and wash feet in stream below. F531.3.9
• Giants carry trees. (Cf. F631.) F531.3.10
• Giant swallows men. F531.3.11
• Giant's hunting (fishing). F531.3.12
• Giant threads an elephant on a fish-hook. F531.3.12.1
• Giant fishes whales. F531.3.12.2
• Giantess kills monstrous bear. F531.3.12.3
• Giant (giantess) carries prodigious burden. F531.3.13
• Giant carries prodigious hunting-prey (whales, bear). F531.3.13.1
• Giant allows others to cling to him while he swims with them safely across the rivers. F531.3.13.2
• Beam breaks at giant's glance. F531.3.14
• Giants' awful amusements, playing with men's lives. F531.3.15
• Gigantic possessions of giant. F531.4
• Giant with mill-wheel as shield. F531.4.1
• Giant with gigantic chain as belt. Elephant can go through each link. F531.4.2
• Knights drink from a huge nine-gallon cup. F531.4.3
• Giant with club as large as wheelshaft of mill. F531.4.4
• Giant's enormous weapons. F531.4.5
• Giant with iron club as weapon. F531.4.5.1
• Giant with iron bar as weapon. F531.4.5.2
• Giant has stone club. F531.4.5.3
• Giant has stone shield. F531.4.5.4
• Giant has enormous spear. F531.4.5.5
• Giant wears enormous jewel. F531.4.6
• Giant's clothes. F531.4.7
• Giants dressed in skin. F531.4.7.1
• Giants wear skins with flesh still on. F531.4.7.1.1
• Giantess in obscenely shriveled skin skirt. F531.4.7.1.2
• Giants wear long coats with lamps under them. F531.4.7.2
• Giantess in red dress. F531.4.7.3
• Giant has stone as boat. F531.4.8
• Giant's huge kettle. F531.4.9
• Giant's enormous bed. F531.4.10
• Giant's enormous animals. F531.4.11
• Giants have wolf and bears as dogs. F531.4.11.1
• Foxes as giant's lice. F531.4.11.2
• Giant's net can hem in whole forest. F531.4.12
• Giants and men. F531.5
• Giant friendly to man. F531.5.1
• Giant carries man in his pocket (glove, bosom). (Cf. F531.5.3.) F531.5.1.1
• Giant carries man in sack. F531.5.1.1.1
• Giant carries man on his back. F531.5.1.1.2
• Giant carries man on brim of his hat. F531.5.1.1.3
• Giant carries man under his belt. F531.5.1.1.4
• Giants and men fraternize at Christmas. F531.5.1.2
• Man mistakes giant's glove for house. F531.5.2
• Giant's toy. A young giantess picks up a man plowing. Wants him as a toy. Her mother says, "Take him back. He will drive us away." (Cf. F531.5.1.) F531.5.3
• Giant thinks hammer-blow on head is a nut falling. Man strikes with all his might. F531.5.4
• Giant thinks shower of stones is snowfall. F531.5.4.1
• Giant's head gnawed by foxes: thinks soot is falling on him. F531.5.4.2
• Giants repay loan with large interest. Cask of gold for ale, etc. F531.5.5
• Giants' gifts to men. F531.5.6
• Giants' magic gifts return to original form in hands of men. (Cf. F451.5.1.4. and cross-references.) F531.5.6.1
• Giant's present: magic loaf producing inexhaustible harvest. F531.5.6.2
• Giant's presents cease when source is disclosed. (Cf. F348.5.) F531.5.6.3
• Giants marry human beings. (Cf. F420.6.1, F460.4, and cross references.) F531.5.7