Bird betrays woman's infidelity. (Cf. B134.1.)

Motif

Bird betrays woman's infidelity. (Cf. B134.1.)

Animals. · Magic animals. · Animals with magic wisdom. · Truth-telling animals. · view the constellation · filed as B131.3

Scholars’ trail — 4 references (open)

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.

English Child II 260
India *Thompson-Balys
Buddhist myth Malalasekera II 731.
general Campbell Seven Sages xcviii – Greek: Fox 280

Within the index

Filed under Bird of truth. A bird which reveals the truth. (Cf. B122, B141, B172.)

Filed beside it

Truth-telling owl Bird reveals murder Bird reveals treachery. (Cf. B133.2.) Bird reveals dead rider. Calls out in human voice at seeing living woman riding behind dead man Peacock's feathers ruffled in presence of poison. (Cf. B143.1.2.) Bird betrays hiding-place of the Virgin Birds reveal innocence of suspect Bird warns to hurry

Travels with

Dog betrays woman's infidelity. (Cf. B1313.)

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