Prophetic bird. (Cf. B172.)

Motif

Prophetic bird. (Cf. B172.)

Animals. · Magic animals. · Animals with magic wisdom. · Prophetic animals. · view the constellation · filed as B143

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Depth CommentaryThemis: A Study of the Social Origins of Greek Religion, CHAPTER IV.
Depth CommentaryPrimitive Culture: Researches into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art, and Custom, Chapter XV
Literary CrystallizationParadise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books, Book 3

Scholars’ trail — 5references

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.

India*Thompson-Balys. – Jamaica: *Beckwith MAFLS XVII 266 No. 73.
general *Types 516, 517
general BP I 322f., 323 n. 1
general Rösch FFC LXXVII 116
general Hdwb. d. Abergl. s. v. "Angang" I 428

Within the index

Filed under Prophetic animals.

10 finer motifs beneath it

Swan as prophetic bird Magpie as prophetic bird Owl as prophetic bird Raven as prophetic bird Hen as prophetic bird Dove as prophetic bird Eagle as prophetic bird Crow as prophetic bird Bird gives warning. (Cf. B131.5.)Bird describes doomsday

Filed beside it

Prophetic domestic beasts Prophetic wild beasts Prophetic fish. (Cf. B175.)Prophetic reptile Animals furnish omens [First Edition: B149. Other prophetic animals.]

Travels with

Magic bird

Carried in tale types

Faithful John · ATU 51618 recorded variants
The Boy who Understands the Language of Birds (previously The Boy who Learned Many Things) · ATU 5172 recorded variants

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