The constellation
B31 [First Edition: B31. Giant birds.]
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
- Mythical birds · B30 entry
beneath it
- Roc. A giant bird which carries off men in its claws · B31.1 entry
- The Bird Gam. Throws sand in a stream and makes a lake. Appears at turn of century. Also carries men. Leaps into the sea and sleeps · B31.2 entry
- Giant ravens. They sit on mountain; when they fly, avalanche comes · B31.3 entry
- Giant bat · B31.4 entry
- Simorg: giant bird · B31.5 entry
- Other giant birds · B31.6 entry