Aarne-Thompson-Uther (ATU) - Types of Folktales

1181: Sticks from the Body

ATU > 1000-1199: TALES OF THE STUPID OGRE (GIANT, DEVIL) > 1170-1199: Souls Saved from the Devil > 1181: Sticks from the Body

Description

The ogre will help the man only in exchange for a part of the man's body. The man gives him a paring from his finger nail. [H1021.7].

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