Stith Thompson motif index · Motif

Thompson K1715 — Weak animal (man) makes large one (ogre) believe that he has eaten many of the large one's companions

K1715
Thompson motif reference
K
Deceptions
2
Associated ATU tale types

Description

Motif

Weak animal (man) makes large one (ogre) believe that he has eaten many of the large one's companions. The latter is frightened. Types 126*, 1149; *BP I 160 n. 1; *Krappe Neophilologus XV 274ff.; Russian: Andrejev No. 126; Spanish: Espinosa III Nos. 249f.; India: *Thompson-Balys; Indonesia: *Dixon 191 nn. 15, 16, 192 n. 17; Africa: Weeks Jungle 394, Werner African 223, (Kaffir): Kidd 230 No. 2, (Vai): Ellis 191 No. 7, (Hottentot): Bleek 24; Cape Verde Islands: Parsons MAFLS XV (1) 317, 320, 322; West Indies: Flowers 543; American Negro (Georgia): Harris Nights 44 No. 9, 291 No. 49.

Associated ATU tale types

Concordance

These links are derived from the Thompson motif references stored in the Folklore Database's ATU concordance.

ATUTitle
ATU 126 Undefined
ATU 1149 Undefined