Marvels

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• Giant wooes mortal woman. F531.5.7.0.1
• Giant demands girl, but is killed in duel about her. (Cf. F610.3.4.2.1.) F531.5.7.0.2
• Giantesses pursue men in order to marry them. F531.5.7.0.3
• Mortal son of giant. F531.5.7.1
• Mortal son of man and giantess. F531.5.7.1.1
• Giantess daughter of giant and abducted maiden (therefore helps hero). F531.5.7.1.2
• Giants and Christians. F531.5.8
• Giants hostile to Christianity. F531.5.8.1
• Giants exorcised by clergy. F531.5.8.2
• Giants Christianized. F531.5.8.3
• The giant on the ark. Noah saves a giant on the ark. Cannot enter but stays in the rigging. Noah sends him food through a hole. F531.5.9
• Giant as servant to man. F531.5.10
• Giant driven by girl. F531.5.10.1
• Giant maidens grind gold, peace, soldiers, salt, etc., on large stone mill. F531.5.10.2
• Giant in contest with man. F531.5.11
• Giant wins walking contest against man. F531.5.11.1
• Footrace between giant and mortal. F531.5.11.2
• Giant insults hero by shaving his head and smearing it with cow dung. F531.5.12
• Giants like butter more than anything else. Get trough of butter in return for help. F531.5.13
• Man kills giant's baby. F531.5.14
• Giants cause men to sin. F531.5.15
• Other giant motifs. F531.6
• Origin of giants. (Cf. F531.5.7.1.2.) F531.6.1
• Sons of God and Daughters of men. Before the flood angels have relations with human women: origin of giants. F531.6.1.1
• Giant is transformed man. F531.6.1.2
• Giant son of black cat. F531.6.1.3
• Gigantic son of king and mermaid. F531.6.1.4
• Giants as personifications. F531.6.1.5
• Giant made of the venom from Elivagar. F531.6.1.6
• Giants as sons of Ymir or Aurgelmir. (Cf. A642, A831.2.) F531.6.1.7
• Giants as reincarnated animals. F531.6.1.8
• Giants as descendants of Cain. (Cf. F535.0.1.) F531.6.1.9
• Haunts of giants. F531.6.2
• Giants in "Risaland" or "Jotunheimar" without nearer definition. F531.6.2.0.1
• Giants live in mountains or caves. F531.6.2.1
• Giants live under water. F531.6.2.2
• Giants live under sea. F531.6.2.2.1
• Giant lives under lake. F531.6.2.2.2
• Giant's home beneath waterfall in lake. F531.6.2.2.3
• Giants' live in the east. F531.6.2.3
• Giants live in the utmost northwest. F531.6.2.4
• Giants live at the world's end. F531.6.2.5
• Giants in a region of darkness and cold. F531.6.2.6
• Giants in wild forests. F531.6.2.7
• Homes of giants. F531.6.3
• Men not to disclose giant's home. (Cf. C420.) F531.6.3.0.1
• Giants live in castles (raths, duns) (ruins of which may still be seen). F531.6.3.1
• Giant lives in fairyland. F531.6.3.2
• Age of giants. F531.6.4
• Giants have great age. Calculated by age of wood. F531.6.4.1
• Giants live to be eighteen thousand years old. F531.6.4.2
• Giant immortal. F531.6.4.3
• Giants as magicians. F531.6.5
• Giants can make selves invisible. (Cf. F531.6.12.1.1.) F531.6.5.1
• Giants large or small at will. F531.6.5.2
• Giant has wound-healing balm. F531.6.5.3
• Giants as controllers of the elements. F531.6.5.4
• Giants as builders of great structures. F531.6.6
• Giants by night move buildings built by men in day. F531.6.6.1
• Giant builds hill for his home. F531.6.6.2
• Giant digs trench for course of Severn River. F531.6.6.3
• Giant makes cleft in rock when he misses another giant with spade blow. F531.6.6.4
• Giant and his wife build Roman road in a trice. Giant paves; wife brings stones. F531.6.6.5
• Giant's treasure. (Cf. F531.6.8.3.1.) F531.6.7
• Giant possesses treasure. F531.6.7.1
• Giants have animals (dogs, etc.) F531.6.7.1.1
• Giants' ship (Naglfar). F531.6.7.1.2
• Giant obtains treasure from man. F531.6.7.2
• Giant steals from man (fish, sheep, sword). F531.6.7.2.1
• Mutual relations of giants. F531.6.8
• Giant in love with giantess. F531.6.8.1
• Giants pursue giant women. F531.6.8.2
• Enmity (competition) between giants. F531.6.8.3
• Giants and giantesses fight about treasures. F531.6.8.3.1
• Giant steals from giant. F531.6.8.3.2
• Giants wrestle with each other. F531.6.8.3.3
• Giants' festivities. F531.6.8.4
• One giant invites another to a feast (wedding). Latter must be satisfied that food is plentiful. F531.6.8.4.1
• Giants' social relations. F531.6.8.5
• Giants have king, queen. F531.6.8.5.1
• Giants have parliament. F531.6.8.5.2
• Giants have children. F531.6.8.6
• Giants meet successively larger giants. F531.6.8.7
• Giant does not grow until another giant causes him to do so. F531.6.8.8
• Giants as warriors (in army). F531.6.9
• Other occupations of giants. F531.6.10
• Giant as smith. F531.6.10.1
• Antipathies of giants. F531.6.11
• Giants fear lightning. F531.6.11.1
• Disappearance or death of giants. F531.6.12
• Disappearance of giants. F531.6.12.1
• Giant disappears in mist. (Cf. F531.6.5.1.) F531.6.12.1.1
• Giant cursed. F531.6.12.1.2
• Sunlight turns giant or troll to stone. F531.6.12.2
• Slain giant turns to salt stone. F531.6.12.3
• Giants killed by lightning or thunder (personified in the thunder-god). (Cf. F531.6.11.1.) F531.6.12.4
• Giant killed by earthquake. F531.6.12.5
• Giant slain by man. (Cf. F531.6.9, F628.2.3, G500.) F531.6.12.6
• Giant destroyed by army. F531.6.12.6.1
• Giants driven away by men. F531.6.12.7
• Giant drowned. F531.6.12.8
• Giants drowned (in Ymir's blood). F531.6.12.8.1
• Giant drowned in Deluge. (Cf. A1010.) F531.6.12.8.2
• Graves of giants. F531.6.13
• Giants enchanted in caverns. F531.6.13.1
• Giant enchanted in car. F531.6.13.2
• Ghost of giant. F531.6.14
• Giants and supernatural beings. F531.6.15
• Giants and gods in fight. F531.6.15.1
• Love relations between giants and other supernatural beings. (Cf. F531.6.8.1.) F531.6.15.2
• Giants and dwarfs friendly. F531.6.15.3
• Attendants of the giants. F531.6.16
• Giants' watchman (Eggther). F531.6.16.1
• Giant's animals help him in fight. F531.6.16.2
• Man as servant of giant. F531.6.16.3
• Other acts of giants. F531.6.17
• Giants dance. F531.6.17.1
• Giant inflates self and floats through air. (Cf. F531.6.5.2.) F531.6.17.2
• Giant flies over water like bird. F531.6.17.2.1
• Eagle carries giant to its nest. F531.6.17.3
• Giant plays musical instrument. F531.6.17.4
• Giant herdsman. F531.6.17.5
• Giant rolls like wheel. F531.6.17.6
• Giants are wise. F531.6.17.7
• Remarkably broad man. F532
• Remarkably tall man. (Cf. F531.2.1.) F533
• Pygmy. Remarkably small man. Also called "dwarf". To be distinguished from the dwarfs who live in the woods and inhabit underground places (F451). F535
• Pygmies descendants of Cain. (Cf. F531.6.1.9.) F535.0.1
• Thumbling. Person the size of a thumb. F535.1
• Adventures of thumbling. See Type 700 for detailed adventures. F535.1.1
• Thumbling drives wagon by sitting in horse's ear. F535.1.1.1
• Thumbling drives mule. F535.1.1.1.1
• Thumbling carried up chimney by steam of food. F535.1.1.2
• Thumbling lies by sleeping man. Is blown to window by man's breath. F535.1.1.3
• Thumbling in danger of being sucked in by man's breath. F535.1.1.4
• Thumbling lost in animal track. F535.1.1.5
• Thumbling has cat as riding-horse. F535.1.1.6
• Thumbling swallowed by animals. F535.1.1.7
• Thumbling imprisoned in a sausage. F535.1.1.8
• Thumbling sold as freak. F535.1.1.9
• Thumbling hides in small place. F535.1.1.10
• Thumbling hides under thimble in table drawer. F535.1.1.10.1
• Thumbling hides in a snail shell, in a mouse hole. F535.1.1.10.2
• Thumbling as accomplice to robbers. F535.1.1.11
• Thumbling steals by entering keyhole. F535.1.1.11.1
• Thumbling carries needle as sword. F535.1.1.12
• Thumbling carried in pocket. F535.1.1.13
• Thumbling carried on hat brim. (See F531.5.1.1.3. for a similar motif.) F535.1.1.14
• Pygmies of various sizes. F535.2
• Pygmies nine inches tall. F535.2.1
• Man so small he can go through eye of needle. F535.2.2
• Man so small he dances in spider web. F535.2.3
• Man so small he can put his head through a mote in a sunbeam. F535.2.4
• Man so small that he rides on an ant. Ant treads him underfoot. F535.2.5
• Pygmy stands on man's hand. F535.2.6
• Person (poet, child) only "fist high." F535.2.7
• Little soldiers with officer on rabbit (long needles and knives for weapons). F535.2.8
• Dress of pygmies. F535.3
• Pygmies dressed in copper. F535.3.1
• Pygmies dressed in red. F535.3.2
• Characteristics of pygmies. F535.4
• Sexes of pygmies distinguished. A slight beard on men; long tresses on women. F535.4.1
• Pygmies with upturned feet. F535.4.2
• Noseless pygmies. (Cf. F514.1.) F535.4.3
• Deeds of pygmies. F535.5
• War of pygmies and cranes. F535.5.1
• Battle between giants and dwarfs; dwarfs win. (Cf. F531.) F535.5.1.1
• Kingdom of pygmies. F535.6
• Underground pygmy kingdom. F535.6.1
• Remarkable physical organs. F540
• Remarkable eyes. (Cf. F512.) F541
• Flashing eyes. F541.1
• Eyes flash fire. F541.1.1
• Eyes flash lightning. F541.1.2
• Eyes of live coals. F541.1.3
• Serpent-eye. Eyes so keen that man is supposed to have serpents in them. F541.1.4
• Eye with picture in the pupil. Witch with picture of cat (dog) in pupil. F541.2
• Eye with several pupils. F541.3
• Eye with two pupils. F541.3.1
• Eye with three pupils. F541.3.2
• Eye with four pupils. F541.3.3
• Eye with seven pupils. (Cf. A526.5.) F541.3.4
• Eye must be rubbed before it can see. F541.4
• One of man's (giant's) eyes protrudes, other recedes. (Cf. F1041.16.2.) F541.5
• Single eye protrudes from forehead. F541.5.1
• Eyes remarkable as to color. F541.6
• One eye brown, other blue. F541.6.1
• Person has red eye. F541.6.2
• Eye with remarkably heavy lid. Requires four men to lift it, or the like. (Cf. F511.1, G631.) F541.7
• Eye recedes into head. F541.8
• Eyes shed tears of blood. (Cf. H71.8.) F541.9
• Eyes impervious to iron lances. F541.10
• Removable eyes. F541.11
• Remarkable ears. (Cf. F511.2.) F542
• Long ears. People must hold them up so as not to impede walking. F542.1
• Big ears. One used as mattress and one as a covering, and the like. F542.2
• Remarkable nose. (Cf. F514.) F543
• Remarkably long nose. F543.1
• Long nose used as poker. F543.1.1
• Long nose used as hen roost. F543.1.2