Ogres

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• Hero kills trouble-making evil strong men. G512.0.1
• Ogre's daughter killed together with her father. G512.0.2
• Hero killing an ogress gains her adopted daughter for his wife. (Cf. G510.1.) G512.0.3
• Ogre killed with knife (sword). G512.1
• Giant killed with magic knife. G512.1.1
• Ogre decapitated. G512.1.2
• Ogre's head and hands cut off and hung above city gate. G512.1.2.1
• Ogre stoned to death. G512.2
• Ogre burned to death. G512.3
• Ogre killed by throwing hot stones (metal) into his throat. G512.3.1
• Ogre burned in his own oven. G512.3.2
• Ogre's wife (daughter) burned in his own oven. G512.3.2.1
• Grass as fuel for burning ogre. G512.3.3
• Jinn falls into cauldron of boiling oil, thinking it is food. G512.3.4
• Ogre persuaded to go into hole: buried alive. G512.4
• Ogre killed by burning external soul. G512.5
• Ogre killed by burning feather containing his life. G512.5.1
• Giant killed by cutting his foot (feet) off. G512.6
• Giant's (ogre's) arm pulled (cut) off by defender of castle (house). G512.6.1
• Backbone of ogre's old mother broken. G512.7
• Ogre killed by striking. G512.8
• Ogre killed by striking with club. G512.8.1
• Ogre killed by striking with stones. G512.8.2
• Boy sends magic spear against six-headed ogre and slays him. (Cf. B11.11.) G512.8.3
• Ogre whipped to death. G512.8.4
• Animal kills ogre. (Cf. B524.) G512.9
• Ogre killed by helpful dogs. G512.9.1
• Ogre torn to pieces by birds. G512.9.2
• Ogre killed by lightning. G512.10
• Ogre drowned. G512.11
• Ogre killed and resuscitated so as to be of help to hero. G513
• Grateful ogre resuscitates his benefactor. G513.1
• Ogre captured. G514
• Demon must bring treasure to those who have released him. G514.0.1
• Ogre trapped in box (cage). G514.1
• Ogre imprisoned in his own house. G514.2
• Ogre imprisoned in cave. G514.2.1
• Ogre caught in noose and killed. G514.3
• Ogre captured while transformed to animal. G514.4
• Ogre tied to rock. G514.5
• Hero pegs ogress to boulder. G514.5.1
• Ogresses caught in flood of lava. G514.6
• Ogre captured with decoy smeared with tar. He is then killed and thrown into water. G514.7
• Ogre captured by animal. G514.8
• Ogre captured by tortoise. G514.8.1
• Holy men keep devils under control. G515
• Ogre killed through other tricks. G519
• Ogre's wife killed through other tricks. G519.1
• Faithful hound kills ogre's wife. G519.1.1
• Man pretends to cut toenails of cannibal woman: kills her. G519.1.2
• Ogress lured in bridal bed and killed. G519.1.3
• Ogress tricked into falling into boiling spring. G519.1.4
• Ogre killed with his own iron bar. G519.2
• Cliff ogre thrown as food to his children. G519.3
• Ogre killed by blades falling in his food. G519.4
• Giant ogre tricked into running round a tree the branches of which catch the strokes of his iron bar, until he falls down dead. G519.5
• Ogre deceived into self-injury. G520
• Ogre made drunk and overcome. G521
• Ogre persuaded to drink pond dry bursts. G522
• Ogre drinks till he bursts – turns into fog. G522.1
• Ogre kills self when he sees crumbs lying on his belly. G523
• Ogre deceived into stabbing himself. He imitates the hero who has stabbed a bag of blood. G524
• Ogre deceived into hanging himself. G524.1
• Sea people give the ogre brandy (tar). G525
• Witch wishes to have as pretty teeth as man: drinks boiling oil. G525.1
• Ogre deceived by feigned ignorance of hero. Hero must be shown how to get into oven (or the like). Ogre shows him and permits himself to be burnt. G526
• Giant killed by his own bucket of death water; captive princess tells him to wash. G527
• Stupid ogre duped into cutting off his own buttocks. G528
• Ogre's relative aids hero. G530
• Help from ogre's wife (mistress). G530.1
• Giant overcome and slain when his wife binds his hair to posts. G530.1.1
• Help from ogre's daughter (or son). (Cf. G455.) G530.2
• Help from ogre's mother. G530.3
• Help from ogre's grandmother. G530.4
• Help from old woman in ogre's house. G530.5
• Ogre's maidservant as helper. G530.6
• Hero hidden and ogre deceived by his wife (daughter) when he says that he smells human blood. G532
• Ogre tells wife how people may evade his power. G534
• Captive woman in ogre's house helps hero. G535
• Ogre defeated with divine help. G537
• Ogre defeated with help of goddess. G537.1
• Rescue from ogre. G550
• Rescue from ogre by relative. G551
• Rescue of sister from ogre by brother. G551.1
• Rescue of sister from ogre by another sister. G551.2
• Rescue of children from ogre by brother. G551.3
• Rescue of children from giant (ogre) by hero (skillful companions). G551.3.1
• One brother rescues another from ogre. G551.4
• One foster brother rescues another from ogre. G551.4.1
• Cannibal is killed by his wife's relatives. G551.5
• Rescue from ogre by helpful animals. G552
• Rescue from ogre by means of singing. G555
• Recognition of captive's voice brings about rescue from ogre. Usually captive sings in the bag. G556
• Ogre deceived into releasing prisoner. G560
• Ogre tricked into carrying his prisoners home in bag on his own back. G561
• Ogre overawed. G570
• Oaths (abusive speeches) drive ogres away. G571
• Ogre overawed by trick. G572
• Ogre deceived by throwing burning oil instead of spittle on him. G572.1
• Ogre deceived by showing sharp knife or sword for nose or tongue. G572.2
• Ogre otherwise subdued. G580
• Ogres chased away by fire. G581
• Giants appeased by feeding them. G582
• Demons bribed with food. G582.1
• Demons coerced by tabus of druids. G583
• Ogre polluting the wells driven away by shooting. G584
• Ogre tortured by not being allowed to sleep. G585
• Theft from ogre. G610
• Stealing from ogre for revenge. G610.1
• Stealing from ogre to help a friendly king. G610.2
• Stealing from ogre as task. G610.3
• The one eye of the three giants stolen. G612
• Ogre's charm stolen. G613
• Killing of ogre's cattle, sheep, etc. brings on ogre's anger. G614
• Characteristics of ogres. G630
• Ogre so old that his eyelids must be propped up. G631
• Thousand year old ogre. G631.1
• Ogre who cannot endure daylight. (Cf. G636.) G632
• North as abode of evil spirits. G633
• Genie sleeps with eyes open. G634
• Ogre revives after limbs are severed. G635
• Monster's returning head. Joins body after it has been severed. G635.1
• Ogres powerless after cockcrow. (Cf. G632.) G636
• Ogres live in trees. G637
• Ogre powerless to cross stream. G638
• Ogress lives in water. (Cf. F420.1.4.9, F426.) G639
• Unclassified ogre motifs. G650
• Ogre teaches smith how to transform sand in his smithy. G651
• Ogre sings constantly, usually own name. G652
• Ogre attracts attention by whistling. G653
• Ogre's ashes cast on stream cause rapids to stop. Also kill all creatures in the stream. G655
• Ogre's secret overheard. G661
• Ogre's secret overheard from tree. G661.1
• Ogre's secret overheard by masking as bird. G661.2
• Vanquished ogre grants hero's three wishes. G665
• Wild man released from captivity aids hero. G671
• Hero in service of wild man. G672
• Ogre's wife jealous of him. G674
• Ogres harnessed to plow. G675
• Ogre carrying mortar and pestle. G676
• Ogress attracted by scent of sugar cane ravages city. G677
• Ogre gives riddle on pain of death. G681
• Large price exacted for curing ogre after wounding him. G682
• Cannibal offers wealth to save his life. G683
• Bodies of victims in front of ogre's house. G691
• Giants keep corpses on hand to eat. G691.1
• Widow(s) of ogre's victims seen at ogre's house. G691.2
• Maimed victims seen at ogre's house. G691.3
• Lost husband's bones found among cannibals. G691.4