Cat helps man build house: may occupy chimney corner. (Cf. A2233.2, A2433.3.1.)

Motif

Cat helps man build house: may occupy chimney corner. (Cf. A2233.2, A2433.3.1.)

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Various causes of animal characteristics. · Animal characteristics as reward. · view the constellation · filed as A2223.1

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general Dh III 203f.

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Filed under Animal characteristics reward for helpfulness.

Filed beside it

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Dog will not help build house: must remain out of doors. (Cf. A2223.1, A2433.3.2.) Cat's characteristic haunt Why cat keeps chimney-corner. (Cf. A2223.1.)

ask the rhapsode about this motif · search the shelf for “chimney” · wander