Truth-telling ass (mule)

Motif

Truth-telling ass (mule).

Animals. · Magic animals. · Animals with magic wisdom. · Truth-telling animals. · view the constellation · filed as B133.0.1

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

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Filed under Truth-speaking horse.

1 finer motif beneath it

Ass alone knows where hidden wind can be found

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Horse warns hero of danger Horse reveals treachery. (Cf. B131.2.)Speaking horse-head. The helpful magic horse (B181) is killed (B330). The head is preserved and placed on the wall. It speaks and reveals the treachery practiced against the heroine Horse refuses to carry one who speaks falsehood

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