Ogre facts for kids

Hop-o'-My-Thumb steals the ogre's seven-league boots (illustrated by Gustave Doré, 1862).

An ogre is fictional monster. A female ogre is called ogress. Most stories say ogres eat humans, including small children and babies. The word originally comes from French: Charles Perrault mentioned an Ogre in his fairy tale "Little thumbling" published in 1697. In that story, the word has also been translated as giant.

Images for kids

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  Puss in Boots before the ogre. One of the platters on the table serves human babies (illustrated by Gustave Doré).

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  Puss in Boots before the ogre (illustrated by Walter Crane).

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  Giovanni Lanfranco: Norandino and Lucina Discovered by the Ogre, oil on canvas, c. 1624

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  Gustave Doré (1832–1883): Bluebeard, woodcut from an 1862 edition of Histoires ou contes du temps passé

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  Gustave Doré: Illustration for Le Petit Poucet, 1862

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  Alexander Zick (1845–1907): Illustration for Der kleine Däumling

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  The ogre and his wife, illustration for Hop-o'-My-Thumb from a late-19th-century German fairy tale book

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  An oni in pilgrim's clothing

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  Kawanabe Kyōsai (1831–1889): An oni in wandering Buddhist priest's robes, 1864

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  Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849): An oni being chased away by scattered beans, detail of a print

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  Political cartoon from 1900 depicting Australia as an ogre and referencing its origins as a penal colony

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  The ogre from Hop-o'-My-Thumb at Efteling, Netherlands

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  An ogre king represented at Mandalay Hill, Myanmar

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  The ogress Sanda Muhki represented at Mandalay Hill

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  A Japanese oni

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  An oni in Beppu, Kyushu

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  Ogre Fountain (lit. "Child Eater Fountain") at Corn House Square, Bern , Switzerland .

See also

In Spanish: Ogro para niños