The constellation
B550 Animals carry men
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- Animal carries man across water · B551 entry
- Man carried by bird · B552 entry
- Animals serve as bridge across stream · B555 entry
- Sea-beast allows voyager to land upon his back · B556 entry
- Unusual animal as riding-horse · B557 entry
- Unusual draft-animal · B558 entry
- Animals carry men – miscellaneous · B559 entry
keeps company
- Princess (maiden) abducted by monster (ogre). (Cf. R10.1.) · R11.1 entry
- Transformation: man to ornament · D263 entry
- Journey to earthly paradise. Land of happiness. (Cf. F132.1.) · F111 entry
- Light extinguished and woman stolen. (Cf. R10.1.) · R31 entry
- Zeus gives man modesty, but it leaves when love enters · T1 entry
- Birth from unusual part of person's body · T541 entry
- Kingdom of fishes · B223 entry
attested in
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 59
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 62