μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

The owl is a baker's daughter who objected to the size of the dough put into the oven for Jesus when he appeared in her house as a beggar.

Mythological motifs. · Creation of animal life. · Creation of birds. Note: A1900–A1999 is based on the following classification of birds: A1910–A1929. Passeriformes. A1930–A1939. Falconiformes. A1940–A1949. Charidriiformes. A1950–A1959. Coraciiformes. A1960–A1969. Ciconiiformes. A1970–A1999. Miscellaneous birds. · Creation of coraciiformes. · view the constellation · filed as A1958.0.1

Cited in the index
  • general Type 751A (woodpecker). England, U.S.: Baughman.*
Within the index

Filed under Creation of owl. (Cf. A1710.)

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Creation of animals through transformation. (Cf. A1811.1, A1833.2, A1861.1, A1861.2, A1863, A1887)

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