The constellation
B292 Animal as servant to man
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- Animals with human child as slave · B292.0.1 entry
- Animals leave wicked and go to pious master · B292.0.2 entry
- Animal as shepherd for man · B292.1 entry
- Animal as domestic servant · B292.2 entry
- Doe furnishes man milk · B292.3 entry
- Stags plow for man. Also draw chariot, bear burdens, and allow saints to use their horns as a book rest · B292.4 entry
- Bird sings to console man · B292.5 entry
- Black cat as servant of giant · B292.6 entry
- Otters supply man with fish and burning wood daily · B292.7 entry
- Dog as guardian of treasure · B292.8 entry
- Animal as farm laborer · B292.9 entry
- Dog made king · B292.10 entry
- Tiger carries load of wood for saint · B292.11 entry
- Serpent as saint's whip · B292.12 entry
- Ass as tollkeeper · B292.13 entry
keeps company
- Animal as domestic servant · B292.2 entry
- Helpful tiger · B431.3 entry
- Magic hairpin · D1072.2 entry
- Transformation: man to tiger · D112.2 entry
- Magic waters and medicines · D1240 entry
- Magic salve (ointment) · D1244 entry
- Magic peach gives immunity from age. (Cf. D981.2.) · D1338.3.2 entry
- Magic peach gives immortality. (Cf. D981.2.) · D1346.6.1 entry
- Magic peach produces immunity from hunger and thirst. (Cf. D981.2.) · D1349.1.1 entry
- Magic peach produces immunity from old age. (Cf. D981.1.) · D1349.2.1 entry
cross-ref
Thompson cites
- Myths & Legends of China · Chapter X