The constellation
N825 Old person as helper
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● motif
● tale type
● on the shelf
● attested
The same sky, in words
filed under
- Human helpers · N820 entry
beneath it
- Childless old couple adopt hero · N825.1 entry
- Old man helper · N825.2 entry
- Old woman helper · N825.3 entry
keeps company
- Whale-boat. A man is carried across the water on a whale (fish). (He usually deceives the whale as to the nearness of the land or as to hearing thunder. As a consequence the whale runs into the shore or is killed by lightning.) · R245 entry
- Cruel father · S11 entry
- Sharp-elbowed women. Kill with their elbows · G341 entry
- Potiphar's wife. A woman makes vain overtures to a man and then accuses him of attempting to force her · K2111 entry
carried in tale type
attested in
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 47