Ogres

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• Antipathies of trolls. G304.2.4
• Trolls cannot endure churchbells. G304.2.4.1
• Trolls afraid of bears. G304.2.4.2
• Troll bursts when sun shines on him. Or he may become stone. G304.2.5
• Troll's possessions. G304.3
• Troll's castle. G304.3.1
• Golden door to troll's castle. G304.3.1.1
• Troll's animals. G304.3.2
• Troll has team of mice. G304.3.2.1
• Troll drives two he-goats. G304.3.2.2
• Troll has bear in stable. G304.3.2.3
• Troll has hares in stable. G304.3.2.4
• Earl king. Child-stealing ogre. (Cf. F321.5.) G305
• Rainbow as ogre. G306
• Jinn. G307
• Where jinn comes from. G307.1
• Jinn always appears out of strong wind. G307.1.1
• Form of jinn. G307.2
• Jinn can take any human form he chooses. G307.2.1
• Jinn unseen by anyone except person(s) he wishes should see him. G307.2.2
• Jinn kills whoever tries to occupy house he has chosen to live in. G307.3
• City infested by jinns deserted. G307.4
• Sea monster. G308
• Fight with sea (lake) monster. G308.1
• Water-monster. G308.2
• Herds of sea monsters on surface of sea. G308.3
• Lake made dangerous by haunting serpent (dragon, péist). G308.4
• Shark-man ogre, eater of children swimming. G308.5
• Lake monster has power to attract victims. G308.6
• Clam shell invites man down into sea so he can be eaten. G308.7
• Monsters of the sea: two whales of human parentage. G308.8
• Demon-octopus. G308.9
• Ogres with characteristic methods. G310
• Old man of the sea. Burr-woman. Ogre who jumps on one's back and sticks there magically. G311
• Cannibal ogre. G312
• Piśāca. Drinks blood and eats human flesh. Eats corpses and makes living waste away. G312.1
• Spirit-woman in rock devours men and cattle. G312.2
• Flesh-eating spirits live in trees. G312.3
• Man-eating ogre fries his victims in kettle of oil. G312.4
• Bhrat, fierce flesh-eating creatures made by Creator in fit of anger. G312.5
• Ogre eats only men's hearts. G312.6
• Ogress devours horses. G312.7
• Procrustes. Monster makes men fit his bed. Tall men sawed off, short men stretched. G313
• Pine bender. Kills victims by springing tree. G314
• Cycnus. Cuts off heads of strangers in order to build temple of heads. G315
• Giant robber with club. G316
• Wrestling ogre. G317
• Cliff-ogre. Kicks victims over cliff. G321
• Pusher-into-hole. G321.1
• Ogress at a spot along the road takes toll of lives. G321.2
• Piercer-of-souls: fishes men. G322
• Giant fisherman. Draws in ships with his line. G322.1
• Brother-Dead. Trapper of game; silent; pursues trickster. G323
• Swinging ogre. Girls who swing their lovers over pit, cut rope, and later devour them. G327
• Rectum snakes. Snakes which creep into living man and devour him. G328
• Serpent inside man's body eats all his food. G328.1
• Pot-tilter. Ogre who tilts a pot so that victims are drawn into it. G331
• Sucking monster. Giant (sometimes a giant hall or cave) sucks in victims. G332
• Ogre sucks victim's finger and drinks all his blood. G332.1
• Path between monsters. Scylla and Charybdis. G333
• Ogre keeps human prisoners. G334
• Ogress has twenty captive princesses in cave. G334.1
• Ogre decapitates captive princess before he leaves palace; resuscitates her on return. G335
• Ogre draws victims under water. G336
• Demon drags beneath the water any person whose shadow falls on surface of water. G336.1
• Sharp-elbowed women. Kill with their elbows. G341
• Ogre with sharpened leg. G341.1
• Demon with pointed head, red hair, and black face. G342
• Man with fire moccasins. They set fire to surroundings. G345
• Ogress can make cold oven blaze by putting foot into it. G345.1
• Devastating monster. Lays waste to the land. G346
• Devastating monster which comes out of a hole in evening. G346.0.1
• Devastating monster mews like cat. G346.1
• Devastating demon. Kills and eats people. G346.2
• Amphibious monster. G346.3
• Amphibious tree-destroying monsters. G346.3.1
• Evil spirit drinks water supply dry. G346.4
• Ogre: karumba kills hero by medicines. G347
• Animal ogres. G350
• Domestic beast as ogre. G351
• Dog as ogre. G351.1
• Cat as ogre. Sucks blood. G351.2
• Ferocious sow. G351.3
• Ogress in goat-form. G351.4
• Ogress in form of donkey. G351.5
• Wild beast as ogre. G352
• Wolf as ogre. G352.1
• Wild boar as ogre. G352.2
• Bird as ogre. G353
• Cannibal bird as ogre. G353.1
• Eagle as ogre. G353.2
• Duck as ogre. G353.3
• Reptile as ogre. G354
• Snake as ogre. G354.1
• Demon in the shape of serpent guards forest where treasure tree grows. G354.1.1
• Crocodile as ogre. G354.2
• Lizard as ogre. G354.3
• Ogres with monstrous features. G360
• Ogre monstrous as to head. (Cf. G369.4.) G361
• Many-headed ogre. G361.1
• Two-headed ogre. G361.1.1
• Monster with two horns, each having human head on it. G361.1.1.1
• Three-headed ogre. G361.1.2
• Six-headed ogre. G361.1.3
• Seven-headed ogre. G361.1.4
• Ten-headed ogre. G361.1.5
• Great head as ogre. Head detached from body pursues or flies about doing damage. G361.2
• Headless ogre. G361.3
• Ogre monstrous as to nose. G362
• Noseless ogre. G362.1
• Pug-nosed ogre. G362.2
• Ogre monstrous as to mouth. G363
• Ogre with flaming mouth. G363.1
• Large tusks grown from ogre's mouth. G363.2
• Diamond-toothed ogre. G363.3
• Ogre monstrous as to feet. G365
• Ogre with feet reversed. G365.1
• Ogress can extend leg or arm any distance. G365.2
• Ogre monstrous as to trunk. G366
• Ogres who have no belly. G366.1
• Ogre monstrous as to blood. G367
• Blood of five ogres colored yellow, red, white, green, black. G367.1
• Monstrous ogres – miscellaneous. G369
• Rakshasa. Dog or ape-shaped; red hair and eyes; mouth reaching from ear to ear; ears pointed like spears; shape-changers; cannibals; three heads, five feet, four eyes, no fingers, bear-neck, horns. Attack women. G369.1
• Rakshasas have power of extending bodies eighty miles. G369.1.1
• Rakshasa can be defeated by hero who has rakshasi blood in his veins. G369.1.2
• Rakshasa eats many of the domestic animals each night. G369.1.3
• Rakshasa eats horse, dog, and child. Suspected Ranis ordered for execution. G369.1.4
• Man persecuted by a rakshasa in form of beautiful wench. G369.1.5
• Rakshasa hidden in deer's head swallows men. G369.1.6
• Rakshasa's mistress with her head severed lying in a pool of blood. G369.1.7
• Genie in form of smoke, taking shape with three wings, one on back. G369.2
• Ogre without a shadow. G369.3
• Ogre has head and tail of a cat. (Cf. G361.) G369.4
• Ogre (demon) with long arm (demon hand) which is thrust down chimney (through door, etc.) G369.5
• One-breasted ogress. G369.6
• One-eyed demon. G369.7
• Ogres – miscellaneous. G370
• Stone giants. (Stone coats.) G371
• Ogre clothed in rock. G371.1
• "Rain" as ogre in bull form. G372
• Wonderful birds guarded by monster. G375
• Ogre in shape of small boy. G376
• Tupilac. Monster made of parts of corpses of animals and vivified. G377
• Person falls into ogre's power. G400
• Children wander into ogre's house. G401
• Mistake of elder leads two brothers to the home of ogre. G401.1
• Pursuit of animal leads to ogre's house. G402
• Pursuit of bird leads to ogre's house. G402.1
• Pursuit of mongoose leads to witch's house. G402.2
• Ogre in animal form lures victim into captivity. G403
• Man on hunt falls into ogre's (witch's) power. G405
• Lost (marooned) person falls into ogre's power. G406
• Person betrayed into ogre's power. G410
• Person aids ogre and is captured. G411
• Children lured into ogre's house. G412
• Ogre's gingerbread house lures child. G412.1
• Ogre disguises voice to lure victim. G413
• Ogress invites boys to live in her house. G414
• Capture by ogre. G420
• Ogre traps victim. G421
• Ogre imprisons victim. G422
• Ogre imprisons victim in drum. G422.1
• Ball falling into water puts person into ogre's (witch's, water spirit's) power. G423
• Bridal party will not pass over bridge for fear of water-demon. G424
• Ogre draws girl over waterfall. G426
• Ogre abducts person. G440
• Ogre carries victim in bag (basket). G441
• Child-stealing demon. G442
• Ogre abducts new-born babe, keeping it captive for seven years. G442.1
• Child watched throughout night as protection against child-stealing demon. G442.2
• Falling into ogre's power – miscellaneous. G450
• Following witch's fire into her power. G451
• Youth takes service with ogre. G452
• Falling into ogre's power through fascination with his daughter. (Cf. G530.2.) G455
• Youth promised to ogre visits ogre's home. G461
• Boy in ogre's house sees many human heads placed in rows: heads smile and weep. G461.1
• Person as servant in ogre's house. G462
• Hero as giant's (ogre's) goatherd. G462.1
• Ogre guesses correctly and gets princess. G463
• Ogre tyrannizes over fairyland. G464
• Ogre sets impossible tasks. G465
• Lousing as task set by ogre. G466
• Ogre attacks intruders. G475
• Ogre attacks intruders in house in woods. G475.1
• Ogre attacks intruders on bridge. G475.2
• Ugly ogre terrifies women who flee and are drowned. G476
• Ogre kills men and rapes women. G477
• Ogre kills noisy children. G478
• Ogre defeated. G500
• Stupid ogre. G501
• Ogre killed, maimed, or captured. G510
• Defeated giant gives his daughter to victor. (Cf. G512.0.3.) G510.1
• Secrets forced from overpowered monster. (Cf. G515.) G510.2
• Defeated giant becomes friend and helper of victor. G510.3
• Hero overcomes devastating animal. G510.4
• Ogress with knife tail defeated by hunter. G510.5
• Ogre blinded. G511
• One-eyed giant (ogre) blinded (and killed) by arrow. G511.1
• Ogre killed. G512