Cormoran
Basic account
Cornish giant of St Michael's Mount, felled by Jack the Giant Killer.
Account
Cormoran is the giant of St Michael's Mount who waded ashore to steal Cornish cattle. Jack dug a pit, covered it, blew a horn at dawn, and the giant walked into it: the first kill in a career that gave English a phrase.
Motifs
- Eater of people
- Defeated by cunning
- Turned to stone
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What is disputed
The relationship between the chapbook tale and genuine Cornish oral tradition is not clean.
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Sources
- Jack the Giant Killer chapbooks (earliest known ed. c. 1711)
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