Molly Whuppie is a Scottish fairy tale collected by Joseph Jacobs in English Fairy Tales. A Highland version, Maol a Chliobain, was collected by John Francis Campbell in Popular Tales of the West Highlands. Jacobs noted the relationship between the two tales, and an Irish variant, and concluded that the tale was Celtic in origin. It is Aarne-Thompson type 327B, the small boy defeats the ogre -- although, unusually, it is a girl who defeats the ogre.

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  • 327B (The Small Boy defeats Ogre)
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  • Molly Whuppie is a Scottish fairy tale collected by Joseph Jacobs in English Fairy Tales. A Highland version, Maol a Chliobain, was collected by John Francis Campbell in Popular Tales of the West Highlands. Jacobs noted the relationship between the two tales, and an Irish variant, and concluded that the tale was Celtic in origin. It is Aarne-Thompson type 327B, the small boy defeats the ogre -- although, unusually, it is a girl who defeats the ogre. Others of this type include Esben and the Witch and Hop o' My Thumb. Other tales using these motifs include Jack and the Beanstalk and Boots and the Troll.
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  • Maol a Chliobain
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  • Molly Whuppie
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  • Molly Whuppie is a Scottish fairy tale collected by Joseph Jacobs in English Fairy Tales. A Highland version, Maol a Chliobain, was collected by John Francis Campbell in Popular Tales of the West Highlands. Jacobs noted the relationship between the two tales, and an Irish variant, and concluded that the tale was Celtic in origin. It is Aarne-Thompson type 327B, the small boy defeats the ogre -- although, unusually, it is a girl who defeats the ogre.
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  • Molly Whuppie
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