μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Dog created as watch-dog for Jesus. Jesus, left to watch the herd, creates the dog to drive off the wolf.

Mythological motifs. · Creation of animal life. · Creation of mammals. Note: A1800–A1899 is based upon the following classification of mammals: A1810–A1819. Felidae. A1820–A1829. Mustelidae. A1830–A1839. Canidae and other carnivora. A1840–A1859. Rodentia. A1860–A1869. Primata. A1870–A1889. Ungulata. A1890–A1899. Other mammals. Since whales are thought of as fish in folk-literature they have been catalogued under that heading rather than under mammals, where they strictly belong. · Creation of carnivora. · Creation of canidae and other carnivora. · view the constellation · filed as A1831.1

Cited in the index
  • general *Dh II 118.
Within the index

Filed under Creation of dog.

Filed beside it
First lapdog in Ireland

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