The constellation
Q385 Captured animals avenge themselves
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- Precocious infant · T585 entry
- Supernatural growth. (Cf. T585.) · T615 entry
- Sun father-in-law · A226 entry
- Animal bribed with food. (Sop to Cerberus.) · B325.1 entry
- Animal as guard of person or house · B576.1 entry
- Guardian animals evaded · B576.1.1 entry
- Burning magically evaded. (Cf. D1656.) · D1841.3 entry
- Transformation: man to feather · D275 entry
- Protean beggar: Person assumes successive forms in order to beg · D611 entry
- Transformation combat. Fight between contestants who strive to outdo each other in successive transformations · D615 entry
attested in
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 39