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A type of brutish giant from folk tales that eats human flesh.
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A brutish man reminiscent of the mythical ogre.
Examples of ogre in a Sentence
Shrek is a big ol ' ugly green ogre.
A man saw the ogre 's mask fall off, he started to shout, " OGRE!
The survivors believe that the ghostly ogre, being so well provided for, will abstain from haunting them.
The giant ogre was smashing the gate with his huge ax each time iron cracked off sending sparks into the air.
As the powerful ogre, he has the ability to left many of the items in the game, as well as dazed enemies.
Shrek wants to go bowling with all his friends and Ogre Bowler allows you to join in.
His likeness -- which is a mix of human and ogre -- first appeared in the book, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, which later became a popular holiday television special by the same name.
In the Shrek movies, these twisted sub-plots and familiar fairy tale characters help engage us in the trials of a grouchy but loveable ogre and his princess/ogre bride.
In Shrek the Third, three empowered fairy tale princesses rescue the ogre from an evil Prince Charming in the final scenes of the movie.
In this case, the ogre is the hero, the handsome prince is evil, and a group of damsels in distress discover they can take care of themselves, with too many witty takeoffs on other fairy tale assumptions along the way to mention.
Greene has made it his mission to ride forth and battle the obesity ogre that's threatening us!
Rather than scaling buildings, 8% of children would rather exchange cheeky remarks with the giant green ogre, Shrek.
But according to a story reproduced in the New Uniat Anthology of Arcudius, and mentioned in Basil's Monologue, Christopher was originally a hideous man-eating ogre, with a dog's face, and only received his human semblance, with his Christian name, at baptism.
You can see that lovable ogre Shrek in 4-D, be chased by the fearful Mummy in Revenge of the Mummy or get scared in Universal's House of Horror which was voted one of America's best haunted attractions by Hauntworld Magazine.
Ogre Bowler is built off the platform used for the successful Polar Bowler series and has the same real-life bowling rules as your local alley.
Fiona's costume comes with a long, blue dress with silver accents and trim and a headpiece featuring ogre ears and a crown.
The next time you're facing a rainy day indoors, help your child or student get "ogre" his boredom by presenting some of these fun coloring pages.
Of these formulae '(chosen because illustrated by Greek heroic legends) - (I) is a sanction of barbarous nuptial etiquette; (2) is an obvious ordinary incident; (3) is moral, and both (3) and (1) may pair off with all the myths of the origin of death from the infringement of a taboo or sacred command; (4) would naturally occur wherever, as on the West Coast of Africa, human victims have been offered to sharks or other beasts; (5) the story of flight from a horrible crime, occurs in some stellar myths, and is an easy and natural invention; (6) flight from wizard father or husband, is found in Bushman and Namaqua myth, where the husband is an elephant; (7) success of youngest brother, may have been an explanation and sanction of " tungsten-recht " - Maui in New Zealand is an example, and Herodotus found the story among the Scythians; (8) the bride given to successful adventurer, is consonant with heroic manners as late as Homer; (9) is no less consonant with the belief that beasts have human sentiments and supernatural powers; (to) the " strong man," is found among Eskimo and Zulus, and was an obvious invention when strength was the most admired of qualities; (II) the baffled ogre, is found among Basques and Irish, and turns on a form of punning which inspires an " ananzi " story in West Africa; (12) descent into Hades, is the natural result of the savage conception of Hades, and the tale is told of actual living people in the Solomon Islands and in New Caledonia; Eskimo Angekoks can and do descend into Hades - it is the prerogative of the necromantic magician; (13) " the false bride," found among the Zulus, does not permit of such easy explanation - naturally, in Zululand, the false bride is an animal; (14) the bride accused of bearing be 1st-children, has already been disposed of; the belief is inevitable where no distinction worth mentioning is taken between men and animals.