Cuckoo delivers other birds from their cruel king: they agree to hatch out cuckoo's young

Motif

Cuckoo delivers other birds from their cruel king: they agree to hatch out cuckoo's young.

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Various causes of animal characteristics. · Animal characteristics as reward. · view the constellation · filed as A2229.5

Filed across the traditions

Lithuanian Balys Index No. 3137
general Legends Nos. 253ff.

Within the index

Filed under Animal characteristics as reward – miscellaneous.

Filed beside it

Dog rescues cow's teats from fire: origin of his black muzzle. (Cf. A2335.4.3.) Dog lets devil into church to steal: rewarded with dog-skin. (Cf. A2311.1.) Owl will not betray curate: therefore may live in steeple. (Cf. A2433.4.1.) Fly steals fire from spider: may eat everywhere. Spider brings fire from hell. Fly steals it from him on the way. (Cf. A2545.1.) Bird has red spot on its tail as reward for having moved woman's organ to its present position

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