Magic fish. (Cf. B107.1, B124, B144.)

Motif

Magic fish. (Cf. B107.1, B124, B144.)

Animals. · Magic animals. · Other magic animals. · Magic birds, fish, reptiles, etc. · view the constellation · filed as B175

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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Scholars’ trail — 2references

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.

ChineseEberhard FFC CXX 82
Irish mythCross.

Within the index

Filed under Magic birds, fish, reptiles, etc.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Magic salmon carries hero over water Magic tunny (grateful); carries out hero's wish. Later he saves him from drowning and restores his sanity

Filed beside it

Magic chicken (hen, cock)Magic bird Magic reptile Magic amphibia Magic crustacean

Travels with

Fish with ingot of gold inside it [First Edition: B107. Treasure-fish. (Cf. B175.)]Wise fish. (Cf. B175.)Prophetic fish. (Cf. B175.)Wisdom from fish. (Cf. B175.)Supernatural knowledge from eating magic fish. (Cf. B175.)Magic fish talk so that ogre thinks hero has many brothers with him. (Cf. B175.)Separable soul in fish. (Cf. B175.)

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