Motif
cannibal ogre threat against a sacred youth
cannibal_ogre_threat_against_a_sacred_youth
A motif of the Miraculous Child and Sacred Birth family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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shan
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Shans at Home, With Two Chapters on Shan History and Literature THE MONKEY AND THE CROCODILE / THE KING OF THE DOVES / THE FAIRY AND THE HUNTER / THE STORY OF THE SQUIRREL; lines 9941-10052 confidence: high
The ogress Queen fears the youth is the youngest sister's son and sends him with a letter tied around his neck; she says it requests education and gifts, but it actually orders that he be killed and eaten completely.
The ogress Queen writes that the boy should be killed and eaten from head to foot, and ogres would have killed him before seeing the changed letter.
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