-
ogress is
found in his
version of
Sleeping Beauty,
where it is
spelled ogresse.
Madame d'Aulnoy
first emplo**** the word ogre in her
story L'Orangier et...
- into Thai lore,
among these are the
yaksa (ยักษ์),
ogres (yaksha), and
ogresses (Pali: Yakkhini), the tall and
scary Prets (เปรต),
Ongkhuliman (องคุลิมาล)...
- such as in The
Twelve Sisters and Phra
Aphai Mani. As ogres, giants, and
ogresses,
yakshas are
present as well in Thai folklore. "ย ยักษ์" (yo yak) is also...
- Balaha, a form of the
bodhisattva Avalokitesvara,
saving sailors from the
ogresses of Tamradvipa. The
temple on the lake was
originally dedicated to Avalokitesvara...
-
Buddhist monks to
protect a new-born
royal baby from
being devoured by
ogresses. Nora Nair,
Norasingha and Thep
Norasingha are
three of the
names under...
-
monks to
protect a new-born
royal baby from
being devoured by
rakshasis (
ogresses) from the sea. Its
statues are
usually found guarding the four corners...
-
become king of Takkasilā if he
could reach it
without falling a prey to the
ogresses who
waylaid travellers in the forest. Thereupon, he set out with five of...
- in time, who long ago had
reared me Nine
worlds I remember, nine wood-
ogresses,
glorious tree of good measure,
under the ground. It was
early in the ages...
-
variety of ways by translators—Dronke, for example,
provides "nine wood-
ogresses"), and when
Yggdrasil was a seed ("glorious tree of good measure, under...
-
entry Ork (orq-) "monster", "ogre", "demon",
together with
orqindi and "
ogresse". He
sometimes used the
plural form
orqui in his
early texts. He stated...
