Ogres are notorious for what they lack in the aesthetic department. Their facial features are broad, with a strong brow, wide noses, full cheeks, thick lips and rounded, blunt chins. It is fairly common that an Ogre has either an overbite or an underbite. Their canine teeth tend to protrude, though some ogres may also or instead be snaggle-toothed or have buck teeth in some cases, they may also, or only, have fangs.
That having been said, they still tend to have faces most similar to humans, relative to other goblinoid races. The skin of an Ogre tends toward hues of greens, grays or browns, while eye color may be any color across the color spectrum with heterochromia being fairly common.
Warts, acne, scrapes, scratches and scars are the norm, on the face and elsewhere across the body. Shrek Oct 17, Oct 17, Welcome to Wonderopolis, Shrek! Nice play on words! Oct 11, Thank you for exploring Wonderopolis and leaving a comment, tberb!
We are glad you are here! Sep 23, Feb 28, Thanks for being a supportive Wonder Friend, kaywi! Visit again soon! Anthony Gilbert Feb 19, Feb 21, We appreciate you joining the conversation, Anthony! We hope you liked this Wonder, too! Feb 17, Nov 20, BatShrek Oct 13, I like the part when the writer put something of her own comment in the wonder. Wonderopolis Oct 2, Thanks for sharing, Kennedy! Kayleekitti : May 21, I watched all the Shrek movies.
Ogres in my opinion are always in myths and fairy tales, like Shrek, Shrek II, and Shrek forever after. But, ogres could be real. We need to send out some scientists to search for them! Wonderopolis May 21, Aliex May 17, I had always wondered where they live now I know. Riolana May 13, Wonderopolis May 13, You got it, Riolana!
Riolana May 10, I love that movie! It's really funny. Thanks for putting that on there. I'm actually in that play. I'm baby bear. Wonderopolis May 10, Jensens class May 9, Katie : Ogres live in your imagination. John: one lives in my backyard!!!
That was feedback from two of my students, our class enjoyed this wonder Thanks for joining this FUN conversation, kaywi!
I'm guessing ogres live in muddy areas and where there are big trees. I watched Shrek a few times and every time I see that no one likes ogres is this true? Wonderopolis May 9, Wonder friend L May 9, Aaron May 9, Obviously I do not know if ogres still live. Shrek, an ogre from the movie does, but I don't think he is real though. Ogres live in forests and caves. It would be cool to see a real ogre in real life.
VanDusen's Class May 9, Bryan- Can ogres have triplets? Elijah- What do ogres eat? Atlas- The video was hilarious! Hayden- I believe that the ogres are not real. I Mrs. VanDusen was saying that I really love the movie Shrek and want to go home and watch it tonight, lol Atlas told me to add this! Predictions: Erica- How do you brainstorm?
Elijah- Who thought of the Eiffel Tower? Hayden- Does brainstorming help you with problems? Bryan- How do you make a Big Mac? David- Who made MySpace? Stephanie- How does your brain work? Christian- How much do scientists know about the brain? Sierra- How does your thought process work? Gabrielle- How does the human body work? Atlas- Who made Instagram? Jovon- How do you make an xBox? Bob May 9, Orges can live in many different places as in the movie Shrek.
I used to live with him :. Ogres are beasts I use to live with one his name was Shrek. Doug May 9, I don't believe that orges are real. The only place that they are is the movie Shrek. I don't think kids should believe in orges. G's Class May 9, We liked the Shrek video. It was funny! We loved today's wonder. We have read that ogres came from Norse myths and that they eat bad children- so you better not be bad!
Ogres are like an evil Santa Clause We think tomorrow's wonder is about sound traveling to the mind. G's Class. Josh May 9, I thought this article is very interesting.
Diamond Divas May 9, The video was funny. We learned that ogres can live in many different places. Burns' Class May 9, Froggy 1 May 9, Hi Wonderopolis, We like the part when Donkey found Shrek and he talks so much! We like the part when Donkey asks to stay! Reprobus changed his name to Christopher, which means "bearer of Christ," and in many old paintings, he'll still be depicted as an ogre.
More specifically, the " Companion to Literary Myths, Heroes, and Archetypes " calls him a "converted ogre," suggesting that not all are inherently evil.
Santa Claus is the face of Christmas these days, but before that, he was known more widely as St. According to the St. Nicholas Center , he's also the patron saint and protector of children. The story of how he became so closely associated with the protection of children is downright chilling. There's a few different versions of the story, but it features three children who end up in the clutches of an evil butcher who isn't one to pass up some meat, no matter where it comes from.
So, he kills the children, slices and dices, and puts them in a massive salting tub to preserve their meat. Seven years later, St. Nicholas comes, tells him to open the tub, and the three children emerge, perfectly fine. That's the more widely told version, and it's also the sanitized one.
According to the " Companion to Literary Myths, Heroes, and Archetypes ," researchers point to a version of the tale where St. Nicholas doesn't immediately raise the children, and instead, he asks the butcher for "petit sale. Nicholas and other ogres who view eating children and piglets as pretty much the same thing, and that's led to an eerie interpretation of the whole Santa thing. Nicholas, the theory goes, is a reformed ogre trying to make amends for past misdeeds.
Humankind has had a long history of looking at bones, trying to imagine what kind of creatures they came from, and then getting it really, really wrong.
It's entirely possible that ogres were also inspired by something real, and according to the paper " Buffalo Bill and the Danish Ogres ," that might be our Neanderthal cousins.
The paper notes that there's a lot of similarities between the appearance and personality traits of ogres and how people have historically viewed Neanderthals. For a long time, these so-called cavemen were viewed as bloodthirsty, unsophisticated, primal creatures that relied on brute strength to make up for non-existent intelligence.
It's argued that the caricature of the "caveman" translated over into the ogre, and it's been written about by authors like Michael Crichton and H. Electrum Magazine suggests there may even be more to it. They suggest that the very idea of ogres — along with similar creatures like trolls — may have come from sort of a vestigial memory.
Weird, right? It takes a lot of effort to design and build a massive statue in the middle of a city, and that makes it pretty hilarious that the Swiss city of Bern has no idea why the heck there's a huge statue of an ogre in the middle of their city.
Culture Trip says it's actually one of the city's oldest monuments. It was built in the 16th century, but no one knows what it's supposed to be. There's theories, though, and one suggests it's depicting the brother of the city's founder, who was so jealous of his brother's popularity that he decided to eat all the town's children. There's no evidence this actually happened, but still, that's no reason not to tell a great story. Other theories suggest it's meant to be a visible reminder to local children: Behave, kids, or the Kindlifresser is going to get you!
Parenting was a different thing back then. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? Edit source History Talk 0. Etymology [ ] The word ogre is of French origin, originally derived from the name of the Etruscan god Orcus, who fed on human flesh. Cancel Save. Universal Conquest Wiki.
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