μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Creation of owl. (Cf. A1710.)

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

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Scholars’ trail — 2references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

  • IndiaThompson-Balys.
  • general Fb "ugle" III 964b. – Lappish: Qvigstad FFC LX 38 No. 47
Within the index

Filed under Creation of coraciiformes.

1 finer motif beneath it
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
Filed beside it
Creation of the kingfisherCreation of hoopoe. Transformed shepherd. (Cf. A1710, A2261.1.)Creation of woodpecker
Travels with
Creation of animals through transformation. (Cf. A1811.1, A1833.2, A1861.1, A1861.2, A1863, A1887)Transformation: man to owl. (Cf. A1710, A1958)

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