Horse refuses to carry one who speaks falsehood — Mythoi

Motif

Horse refuses to carry one who speaks falsehood.

Animals. · Magic animals. · Animals with magic wisdom. · Truth-telling animals. · view the constellation · filed as B133.4

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth Cross.

Within the index

Filed under Truth-speaking horse.

1 finer motif beneath it

Horses refuse to remain with owner who has been cursed by clerics

Filed beside it

Truth-telling ass (mule) 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

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