μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Creation of mouse by devil in ark. (Cf. A1811.2.)

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 rodentia. · view the constellation · filed as A1853.1

Filed across the traditions
  • Finnish Aarne FFC VIII 11 No. 55, XXXIII 53 No. 55.
  • general *Dh I 166, 273
  • general *Fb "mus" II 632a.
Within the index

Filed under Creation of mouse.

1 finer motif beneath it
Mice engendered after flood from rottenness: no mice on ark
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Creation of cat: sneezed from lion's nostrils. Devil as mouse gnaws hole in bottom of ark. Noah asks lion's help. Lion sneezes and cat comes from lion's nostril and eats mouse
Carried in tale types

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