The constellation
B535 Animal nurse. Animal nourishes abandoned child
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- Cow as nurse cares for children · B535.0.1 entry
- Bandicoot (large rat) as nurse. Cares for children · B535.0.2 entry
- Goat as nurse for child · B535.0.3 entry
- Dog as nurse for child · B535.0.4 entry
- Abandoned prince grows up in eagle's nest · B535.0.5 entry
- Frog as nurse for child · B535.0.6 entry
- Bird as nurse for child · B535.0.7 entry
- Tiger as nurse for child · B535.0.8 entry
- She-wolf as nurse for child · B535.0.9 entry
- Sheep and oxen protect exposed child · B535.0.10 entry
- She-wolf cares for baby exposed in the forest · B535.0.11 entry
- Eagle cares for baby while mother works in field · B535.0.12 entry
- Crab as nurse for child · B535.0.13 entry
- Serpent as nurse for child · B535.0.14 entry
- Goat feeds other animals from its body. Permits them to feed from it internally · B535.1 entry
- Animal nurses fight with real parent for children · B535.2 entry
keeps company
- Bat rescues man from height. Bat lets him down in a spider-web basket · B542.1.2 entry
- Lions do not mate with their fellows, but prefer leopards. (Cf. Q551.3.) · B754.3 entry
- Magic footwear · D1065 entry
- Magic arrow · D1092 entry
- Magic ball · D1256 entry
- Magic bone gives advice. (Cf. D1013.) · D1312.2 entry
- Miraculous speed from magic object · D1521 entry
- Magic arrow flight. Man keeps ahead of arrow which he shoots. (Cf. D1092.) · D1526.1 entry
- Magic ball flight. Man throws ball and is carried along with it. (Cf. D1256.) · D1526.2 entry
- Magic journey through power of imagination · D2121.3 entry
cross-ref
Thompson cites
- The Library (Bibliotheca) · BOOK III, ch. IX
attested in
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 43