Motif
blood-drinking giant slain by magical weapon
blood_drinking_giant_slain_by_magical_weapon
A motif of the Divine Warrior and Sacred Combat family, within the sub-family Monster, Demon, and Giant Slaying. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
buddhist
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The Giant Crab, and Other Tales from Old India THE GIANT CRAB / THE HYPOCRITICAL CAT / THE CROCODILE AND THE MONKEY / THE AXE, THE DRUM, THE BOWL, AND THE DIAMOND; lines 610-704 confidence: high
The giant wishes aloud for a bowlful of blood and begins drinking; the young man commands the axe with 'Heads,' and the axe splits the giant's head in two.
The giant drinks blood, is revealed to have drained travellers, and is killed by the commanded axe.
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