μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

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.

Animals. · Magic animals. · Animals with magic wisdom. · Truth-telling animals. · view the constellation · filed as B133.3

Cited in the index
  • general *Type 533
  • general **W. Ljungman Två Folkminnesundersökningar (Göteborg 1925) 41ff
  • general *BP II 273 (Gr. No. 89) 274 n. 1. – Hindu: Keith 122.
Within the index

Filed under Truth-speaking horse.

Filed beside it
Truth-telling ass (mule) Horse warns hero of danger Horse reveals treachery. (Cf. B131.2.) Horse refuses to carry one who speaks falsehood
Carried in tale types

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