96 motifs match “cannibal”  ·  back to the chapters

• Cannibal gods. (Cf. G11.) A153.8
• Sun as a cannibal. A711.2
• Origin of cannibalism. A1516
• Ghormuhas: men's bodies, horses' heads, one leg, cannibals. (Cf. B21.) B15.7.5
• Dogs kill attacking cannibal (dragon). B524.1.1
• Why cannibalism is out of vogue. C227.1
• Dwarf contracts self to enter nostrils of cannibals. D55.2.1
• Transformation: normal man to cannibal. D91
• Water-spirits are cannibals: devour mortal victim, suck blood. F420.4.3
• Cannibalism. G10
• Kinds of cannibals. G11
• Cannibalistic god. G11.0.1
• Father of goddess as cannibal. G11.0.1.2
• Cannibal dwarfs. G11.1
• Cannibal giant. (Cf. G82, G83, G84.) G11.2
• Cannibal witch. G11.3
• Negro cannibal. G11.4
• Water cannibal. G11.5
• Cannibalistic king. G11.7
• Cannibal meteor. G11.8
• Stars as cannibals. G11.8.1
• Cannibalistic spirits. G11.10
• Cannibalistic spirits in upper world. G11.10.1
• Cannibal with extraordinary features. (Cf. G88.) G11.11
• Albino twins with cannibal appetite. G11.11.1
• Hairless cannibal. G11.11.2
• Cannibal with winnowing tray and pestle. G11.12
• Gambling cannibal. G11.13
• Jungle-man as cannibal. G11.14
• Cannibal demon. G11.15
• Army of cannibal monsters. G11.16
• Seven-mouthed cannibal ogre. G11.17
• Cannibal tribe. G11.18
• Cannibal people driven from land. G11.18.1
• Ritual cannibalism: corpse of hero (demigod) eaten to acquire his strength. G13.1
• Haunts of cannibals. G18
• Cannibals live at cemetery. G18.1
• Person becomes cannibal. G30
• Children flee from father who turns cannibal. G31
• Child born as cannibal. G33
• Cannibal disenchanted by overcoming it. Becomes maiden. G33.1
• Taste of human flesh leads to habitual cannibalism. G36
• Husband becomes cannibal from eating wife's breast. She cuts off her breasts and cooks them to feed her family. The husband thus acquires a longing for human flesh. G36.1
• Girl seduced by brother becomes cannibal ogre. G37
• Occasional cannibalism. G50
• Unwitting cannibalism: scavenger in wedding feast finds basket of noses put there by hero and thinks it full of meat. G63
• Occasional cannibalism – deliberate. G70
• Voice of slain and eaten child comes from the heart of cannibal. (Cf. F911.1.) G72.4
• Father takes his daughter to cannibal to be eaten. G75
• Cannibalism during plague. G78
• Cannibalism in time of famine. G78.1
• Occasional cannibalism – deliberate – miscellaneous. G79
• Other motifs dealing with cannibals. G80
• Unwitting marriage to cannibal G81
• Cannibal marries wife by force. G81.1
• Cannibal fattens victim. G82
• Cannibal cuts captive's finger to test fatness. G82.1
• Captive sticks out bone instead of finger when cannibal tries to test his fatness. G82.1.1
• Cannibal sharpens knife to kill captive. G83
• Fee-fi-fo-fum. Cannibal returning home smells human flesh and makes exclamation. (Cf. G11.8.1.) G84
• Ungrateful cannibal. Eats offered food and then threatens hosts. G85
• Cannibals cut off parts of children's bodies. G86
• Cannibal ogress gives finger of one girl to her frightened sister. G86.1
• Cannibal crunching human bone says noise is only eating of peas. G87
• Cannibal has long tooth and long nail. G88
• Cannibalism brings madness. G91
• Cannibalism causes death. G91.2
• Cannibal hard to lift. G92
• Cannibal breaks wind as means of attack. G93
• Cannibal's gigantic meal. G94
• Cannibal ogres eat daily ten men, ten women, ten children from the same tribe. G94.2
• Cannibal ogre. G312
• Cannibal bird as ogre. G353.1
• 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
• Man pretends to cut toenails of cannibal woman: kills her. G519.1.2
• Cannibal is killed by his wife's relatives. G551.5
• Cannibal offers wealth to save his life. G683
• Lost husband's bones found among cannibals. G691.4
• Cannibal recognized by cloud of dust raised. H46
• Cannibal nature of woman recognized when she devours dead buffalo raw. H46.1
• Quest to land of cannibal giants. H1289.3.1
• Robbers frightened by pretended cannibalism. Tricksters threaten to cook a robber. All the robbers flee in terror, leaving them their booty. K335.1.10
• "Wait till I am fat enough to race you." Hero to be eaten by cannibals when he is fattened enough to beat them in a race. He runs away. K553.0.1
• Cannibal sent for water with vessel full of holes: victim escapes. K605
• Cannibal sent for water which magically recedes from him: victim escapes. K605.1
• Cannibals advised to be absent while hero is being cooked; else he will not taste right. Hero escapes. K619.1
• Cannibals persuaded to take snuff: killed. K827.2
• Cannibals enticed to climb slippery barricade: fall. K895
• Substituted string causes ogre to be killed. Intended victim of cannibal is marked by thread around ankle. Changed in night to host. K1611.1
• Father delivering daughter to be eaten by cannibal is himself eaten. K1614
• Hero proves himself a cannibal by trick vomit-exchange. K1721
• Woman mistakenly accused of cannibalism. She is seen biting off finger of corpse to get its ring. N342.6
• Cannibalism punished. Q215
• Punishment: culprit eaten by cannibals. Q429.1
• Husband rescues wife from cannibal. (Cf. G10.) R151.3
• Accidental cannibalism. A man eats up the dried meat of a Jew on shipboard. It happens that the Jew is carrying his dead father back home for burial in this form. (Cf. G60.) X21