Wise reptile — Mythoi

Motif

Wise reptile.

Animals. · Magic animals. · Animals with magic wisdom. · Wise animals. · view the constellation · filed as B123

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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Literary CrystallizationMoby-Dick; or, The Whale, 106

Within the index

Filed under Wise animals.

1 finer motif beneath it

Wise serpent. (Cf. B161–165, B176.)

Filed beside it

Animals have second sight Beasts with magic wisdom Bird with magic wisdom. (Cf. A1904, B130, B211.3.)Wise fish. (Cf. B175.)Amphibian with magic knowledge

Travels with

Magic serpent. (Cf. B108, B112, B123, B161–165.)