Bird of ill-omen. (Cf. B172.) — Mythoi

Motif

Bird of ill-omen. (Cf. B172.)

Animals. · Magic animals. · Animals with magic wisdom. · Prophetic animals. · view the constellation · filed as B147.2.2

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Buddhist The Jataka, or Stories of the Buddha's Former Births , Book II
Yoruba The Yoruba-Speaking Peoples of the Slave Coast of West Africa , Chapter 6
Depth Commentary Primitive Culture: Researches into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art, and Custom , Chapter IV
Greco-Roman The Aeneid , Book 5

Filed across the traditions

German Grimm No. 105. → on our shelf: Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 105
general *Hdwb. d. Abergl. s.v. "Angang" I 428

Within the index

Filed under Birds furnish omens.

7 finer motifs beneath it

Crow as bird of ill-omen Gull as bird of ill-omen Raven as bird of ill-omen Owl as bird of ill-omen Eagle as bird of ill-omen Vulture as bird of ill-omen Peacock as bird of ill-omen

Filed beside it

Bird of good omen

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Child shares food with toad

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