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An ogre (feminine ogress) is a term used in myth and folk tales for a variety of abominable and brutish hominid monsters, informally large, unpleasant, grotesque, predatory, and typically cannibalistic towards normal human beings, infants, and children. Ogres and similar creatures feature in mythology, folklore, and fiction around the world, appearing in many classic works of literature and fairy tales.
Ogres vary in size depending on the depiction, ranging from moderately large and heavyset by human standards to inhuman and disproportionate giants. Common features include oversized heads and mouths, animal-like bodily hair, discolored skin, extreme physical strength, a voracious appetite, and a generally hideous appearance, odor, and manner. Ogres overlap heavily with giants in mythology and may be considered a subtype thereof; they also overlap with human cannibals in fiction. The villainous giant in "Jack and the Beanstalk" and "Jack the Giant Killer" matches an ogre in description and is sometimes directly termed an ogre in variants, and other man-eating giants such as those in The BFG and the Giant Despair in The Pilgrim's Progress are highly comparable.
Further examples of famous folktales featuring ogres include "Puss in Boots" and "Hop-o'-My-Thumb"; while the most famous ogres in modern fiction are the eponymous main character Shrek and his wife Fiona from the animated comedy film series of the same name. Other characters and monsters sometimes comparable to or described as ogres in trait include the titular husband in "Bluebeard", the Beast from Beauty and the Beast, Grendel from Beowulf, the Cyclops Polyphemus from Homer's Odyssey, the related cyclops in the tales of Sinbad the Sailor, and the oni of Japanese folklore.
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- Belongs to: Latvia
- Population: 61,120
- Latitude: 56.87581
- Longitude: 25.10307