Giovanni Lanfanco's painting, a scene from Orlando Furioso, depicts Norandino and Lucina discovered by an ogre during their honeymoon.

An ogre (feminine: ogress) is a large, cruel and hideous humanoid monster, featured in mythology, folklore and fiction. Ogres are often depicted in fairy tales and folklore as feeding on human beings, and have appeared in many classic works of literature. In art, ogres are often depicted with a large head, abundant hair and beard, a voracious appetite, and a strong body. The term is often applied in a metaphorical sense to disgusting persons who exploit, brutalize or devour their victims. An ogre is a legendary monster The Ogre is a 7,284 m high mountain in Pakistan. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 559 pixelsFull resolution‎ (1,000 × 699 pixels, file size: 68 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Faithful reproductions of two-dimensional original works cannot attract copyright in the U.S. according to the rule in Bridgeman Art Library v. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 559 pixelsFull resolution‎ (1,000 × 699 pixels, file size: 68 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Faithful reproductions of two-dimensional original works cannot attract copyright in the U.S. according to the rule in Bridgeman Art Library v. ... Ruggiero Rescuing Angelica by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres. ... The term humanoid refers to any being whose body structure resembles that of a human. ... This article is about the legendary creature. ... A fairy tale is a story, either told to children or as if told to children, concerning the adventures of mythical characters such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, giants, and others. ... This article is about (usually written) works. ... This article is about the philosophical concept of Art. ...

Etymology

Hop o' My Thumb, illustrated by Gustave Doré

The word ogre is of French derivation, and is believed to have been coined by either Charles Perrault (1628-1703) or Marie-Catherine Jumelle de Berneville, Comtesse d' Aulnoy (1650-1705), both of whom were French authors. Other sources say that the name is derived from the word Hongrois, which means Hungarian.^[1] The word ogre is thought to have been inspired by the works of Italian author Giambattista Basile (1575-1632), who used the Neapolitan word uerco, or in standard Italian, orco. This word is documented ^[2] in earlier Italian works (Fazio degli Uberti, XIV cent.; Luigi Pulci, XV; Ludovico Ariosto, XV-XVI) and has even older cognates with the Latin orcus and the Old English orcnēas found in Beowulf lines 112-113, which inspired J.R.R. Tolkien's Orc.^[3] All these words may derive from a shared Indo-European mythological concept (as Tolkien himself speculated, as cited by Tom Shippey, The Road to Middle-earth, 45). Image File history File links Download high resolution version (800x614, 166 KB) Summary Le Petit Poucet, illustré par Gustave Doré Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Ogre ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (800x614, 166 KB) Summary Le Petit Poucet, illustré par Gustave Doré Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Ogre ... Hop o My Thumb is an ancient folk tale first retold by Charles Perrault. ... Doré photographed by Felix Nadar. ... This article is about the French author. ... Marie-Catherine le Jumelle de Barneville, Baronne dAulnoy (1650/1651–4 January 1705) was a French writer known for her fairy tales. ... Giambattista Basile (1566 or 1575–February 23, 1632) was an Italian poet, courtier, and fairy tale collector. ... Italian literature is literature written in the Italian language, particularly within Italy. ... Luigi Pulci (15 August 1432 - 1484) was an Italian poet most famous for his Morgante, an epic story of a giant who is converted to Christianity and follows Orlando, all written in a mock-heroic tone. ... Statue of the poet in Reggio Emilia. ... In Roman mythology, Orcus was a god of the underworld, punisher of broken oaths, more equivalent to Pluto than to the Greek Hades, and later identified with Dis Pater. ... This article is about the epic poem. ... For other uses, see Orc (disambiguation). ... Thomas Alan Shippey (born 1943) is a scholar of medieval literature, including Anglo-Saxon England, and of modern fantasy and science fiction, in particular the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, about whom he has written several scholarly studies. ...

The first appearance of the word ogre in Perrault's work occurred in his Histoires ou Contes du temps Passé (1697). It later appeared in several of his other fairy tales, many of which were based on the Neapolitan tales of Basile. The first example of a female ogre being referred to as an ogress is found in his version of Sleeping Beauty, where it is spelled ogresse. The Comtesse d' Aulnoy first employed the word ogre in her story L'Orangier et l' Abeille (1698), and was the first to use the word ogree to refer to the creature's offspring. Location of the city of Naples (red dot) within Italy. ... Sir Edward Burne-Jones painted The Sleeping Beauty. ...

Ogres in modern fiction

The Ogre Fountain in Bern, Switzerland

Literature for children is rife with tales involving ogres and kidnapped princesses who were rescued by valiant knights, and sometimes peasants. Ogres are also popular in fantasy fiction, such as C. S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia, and in various fantasy games. Location within Switzerland The city of Bern, English traditionally Berne (Bernese German Bärn , German Bern , French Berne , Italian Berna , Romansh Berna ), is the Bundesstadt (administrative capital) of Switzerland, and is the fourth most populous Swiss city (after Zürich, Geneva and Basel). ... For other uses, see Princess (disambiguation). ... For other definitions of fantasy see fantasy (psychology). ... Clive Staples Jack Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963), commonly referred to as C. S. Lewis, was an Irish author and scholar. ... Narnia redirects here. ... For other uses, see Game (disambiguation). ...

• The protagonist of the Shrek films is an ogre. Shrek is voiced by Mike Myers, using a cartoonish Scottish accent. Shrek is not a hostile ogre. He is not a villain, but an ogre that lives in a swamp and prefers not to be disturbed.
• In Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears, there is an army of villainous ogres residing in Castle Drekmore and led by Duke Igthorn, who attempt to conquer King Gregor and Dunwyn Castle.
• In the movie Time Bandits, the protagonists are found by an ogre and his wife on the ogre's ship. The ogre is outwitted and left at sea after the protagonists commandeer the ship.
• In the Xanth Chronicles by Piers Anthony, ogres are stupid beasts with immense strength that communicate almost exclusively through rhyme as in the Chronicle Ogre, Ogre. At several points in A Spell for Chameleon, the first Xanth novel, the lead character worries that the women he encounters are actually female ogres in human form.
• In the Spiderwick Chronicles (the fifth book), Mulgarath, the primary antagonist, is an evil ogre who wants to enslave the world, ridding it of all humans.
• In Tamora Pierce's books that revolve around Tortall, there are two kinds of ogres: peaceful farmers and warlike monsters. Both types are extremely tall and often seem menacing. In her book Wolf-Speaker, the peaceful "breed" are slaves who mine black opals.
• A Book of Ogres and Trolls by Ruth Manning-Sanders contains 13 fairy tales.
• The Revenge of the Nerds (1984) and film sequels featured Donald Gibb as "Ogre", the most brutish of the fraternity jocks.

Ogre is often used metaphorically, as in the association of ogres with Nazis made in Michel Tournier's novel Le Roi des aulnes (1970; The Ogre). Other modern works depicting ogres include L'Ogre (1973) by Jacques Chessex, and Nacer Khemir's L'Ogresse (1975), a collection of Tunisian tales. A protagonist is the main figure of a piece of literature or drama and has the main part or role. ... For other uses, see Shrek (disambiguation). ... For other persons of the same name, see Michael Myers. ... This article is about the country. ... For the candy, see Gummy bears. ... This article is about the 1981 motion picture. ... Xanth is a fantasy world created by author Piers Anthony for a series of novels. ... Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob (born August 6, 1934 in Oxford, England) is an American writer in the science fiction and fantasy genres, publishing under the name Piers Anthony. ... Ogre, Ogre is the fifth book of the Xanth series by Piers Anthony. ... The first Xanth novel by Piers Anthony. ... This article is about the novel. ... Tamora Pierce (born December 13, 1954) is a fantasy author who writes books for young adults. ... Tamora Pierce (born December 13, 1954) is a fantasy author who writes books for young adults. ... Wolf-Speaker is a fantasy novel by Tamora Pierce, the second in a series of four books, The Immortals. ... A Book of Ogres and Trolls is a 1973 anthology of 13 fairy tales from around the world that have been collected and retold by Ruth Manning-Sanders. ... Ruth Manning-Sanders (born 1895 in Swansea, Wales; died October 12, 1988, in Penzance, England) was a poet and author who was perhaps best known for her series of childrens books in which she collected and retold fairy tales from all over the world. ... It has been suggested that Revenge of the Nerds (2007 film) be merged into this article or section. ... Donald Gibb (born on March 13, 1953 in New York, New York, sometimes credited as Don Gibb) is an actor with an imposing 63 frame, best known for portraying the large, dimwitted fraternity brother Ogre in several installments of the Revenge of the Nerds film series. ... The Nazi party used a right-facing swastika as their symbol and the red and black colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil). ... Michel Tournier (1924 - ) is a French writer who was born in Paris. ...

Ogres in modern games

Ogres appear in many popular fantasy roleplaying and video games series such as AdventureQuest, DragonFable, Guild Wars, Dungeons & Dragons, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Eternal Lands, EverQuest, Final Fantasy, Flintloque, Magic: The Gathering, Ogre Battle, Quake, Ragnarok Online, RuneScape, Sacred, Tekken 3, Two Worlds, Warcraft, Warhammer Fantasy , The Spiderwick Chronicles and Black & White. See also Ogre (disambiguation). For other uses, see Fantasy (disambiguation). ... In roleplaying, participants adopt and act out the role of characters, or parts, that may have personalities, motivations, and backgrounds different from their own. ... AdventureQuest (also referred to by its website name BattleOn or simply as AQ) is an online single-player RPG developed by Artix Entertainment in 2002. ... DragonFable (often abbreviated to DF) is a free, online, browser-based, single-player RPG developed by Artix Entertainment. ... This article is for the Guild Wars series. ... This article is about the role-playing game. ... The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is a game currently under development by Bethesda Softworks for the PC, Xbox 2, and Playstation 3. ... Eternal Lands (EL) is a free to play multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) initially created by Radu Privantu in 2002/2003. ... EverQuest, often called EQ, is a 3D fantasy-themed massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) that was released on March 16, 1999. ... This article is about the Final Fantasy franchise. ... Flintloque is a Historo-Fantasy Skirmish miniatures wargame based on the Napoleonic Wars. ... Magic: The Gathering (colloq. ... Ogre Battle may refer to: Ogre Battle (song) Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... This article is about the original video game. ... Ragnarok Online (Korean: ), often referred to as RO, is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game created by GRAVITY Co. ... RuneScape is a Java-based MMORPG operated by Jagex Ltd. ... Sacred is a PC Action-RPG, released in 2004, with characters of various races (dark elf, wood elf, vampiress, etc. ... Tekken 3 is the third installment in the Tekken fighting game series. ... Two Worlds is a computer role-playing game developed by Reality Pump and published by SouthPeak Interactive for the Xbox 360 and PC. // Two Worlds gameplay takes place in a real-time three-dimensional fantasy landscape. ... Warcraft: Orcs & Humans is a real-time strategy computer game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment in 1994. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... An ogre is a legendary monster The Ogre is a 7,284 m high mountain in Pakistan. ...

See also

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Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 151 languages. ... Jack the Giant-Killer by Arthur Rackham. ... Binomial name †Homo heidelbergensis Schoetensack, 1908 Homo heidelbergensis (Heidelberg Man) is an extinct species of the genus Homo and the direct ancestor of Homo neanderthalensis in Europe. ... A statue of an Oni wielding a tetsubo. ... For other uses, see Troll (disambiguation). ... In Irish mythology, the Fomorians (Irish Fomóire, Fomórach) or Fomors were a semi-divine race who inhabited Ireland in ancient times. ... For other uses, see Orc (disambiguation). ... This page is about the mythical creature. ... This article is about the legendary creature. ... KaijÅ« (怪獣) is a Japanese term that generically translates to monster. ...

References

• Rose, Carol. Giants, Monsters, & Dragons: An Encyclopedia of Folklore, Legend, and Myth. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2001. ISBN 0-393-32211-4
• Shippey, Tom. The Road to Middle-earth. London: HarperCollins, 1992 (rev.). ISBN 0-261-10275-3
• South, Malcom, ed. Mythical and Fabulous Creatures: A Source Book and Research Guide. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1987. Reprint, New York: Peter Bedrick Books, 1988. ISBN 0-87226-208-1
• "Ogre." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2006. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 15 May 2006 <http://www.search.eb.com/eb/article-9125639>

Notes

1. ^ Dictionnaire de l'Académie française, (1932-1935)
2. ^ Vocabolario Degli Accademici Della Crusca
3. ^ Beowulf