ATU 1159 The Ogre Caught in the Cleft (previously The Ogre Wants to Learn to Play)

ATU 1159

The Ogre Caught in the Cleft (previously The Ogre Wants to Learn to Play)

Aarne–Thompson–Uther tale-type index · Religious Tales · The full type description is not served here; the number and name are the classification facts.

Motifs the recorded variants carry

Dupe wishing to learn to play fiddle has finger caught in cleft of tree. 1 variant
Ogre's (dwarf's) beard caught fast. 1 variant
Ogre terrified by woman's legs. He has formerly been caught in a vise. On his approach, the man's wife stands on her head and ogre thinks her legs are a vise. He flees. 1 variant

Type numbers and names after Aarne–Thompson–Uther, via Hagedorn, trilogy (2022), CC-BY-NC-SA; motif links weighted by the dataset’s recorded tale variants. Served as classification facts with attribution.