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- Bird's neck broken: rakshasa dies. G252.3
- 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
- Quest to the world of rakshasas. H1289.6
- King, seeing eldest son leaving room, decides that he is a rakshasa. N349.3
- Maiden rescued from rakshasa. R111.1.11