μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Bittern from transformed shepherd. (Cf. A1710, A2261.1.)

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 ciconiiformes. · view the constellation · filed as A1965.2

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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.

  • general *BP III 286 (Gr. No. 173)
  • general Dh III 394.
Within the index

Filed under Creation of bittern.

Filed beside it
Bittern from Pilate transformed. (Cf. A1710.)
Travels with
Creation of animals through transformation. (Cf. A1811.1, A1833.2, A1861.1, A1861.2, A1863, A1887)Shepherd transformed to bird still calls sheep: explanation of bird cries. Usually told of hoopoe and bittern. (Cf. A1952, A1965.2, A2275.3, A2425, A2426.2.3, A2426.2.4.)
Carried in tale types

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