The constellation
A2223 Animal characteristics reward for helpfulness
A constellation is one motif’s neighborhood in the record — the story-shapes filed around it, the tale types that carry it, and the texts where it is witnessed, every line a receipted link. Click a motif to travel. Click a text to read it. The entry · wander
● motif
● tale type
● on the shelf
● attested
The same sky, in words
filed under
beneath it
- Cat helps man build house: may occupy chimney corner. (Cf. A2233.2, A2433.3.1.) · A2223.1 entry
- Bird carries deity (his daughter) home from land of skulls: given brilliant plumage. (Cf. A2313.4, A2321.6, A2421.5.) · A2223.2 entry
- Mouse gathers rice for man: may eat a little of his rice daily · A2223.3 entry
- Pike helps Christ cross stream: made king of fishes · A2223.4 entry
- Dog guards master's life and wealth: may eat before other animals · A2223.5 entry
- Tortoise given hard shell when it ferries rice-goddess across stream · A2223.6 entry
- Ravens show Adam how to bury dead: are born with white feathers · A2223.7 entry
- Chameleon saves hero's life: may change color. Fang: Einstein 96 · A2223.8 entry