μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Magic horse.

Animals. · Magic animals. · Other magic animals. · Magic quadrupeds. · view the constellation · filed as B184.1

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Lithuanian Balys Index Nos. *530A, *530B, *531, *533A, *651
  • French Canadian Barbeau JAFL XXIX 15
  • Breton Sébillot Incidents s.v. "cheval"
  • Missouri French Carrière
  • Arabian Burton V 1ff.
  • India *Thompson-Balys
  • Buddhist myth Malalasekera I 624.
  • general Types 314, 502, 550
  • general BP II 274, *III 111, 113 n. 4
  • general *Fb "føl", "hest" IV 211b
  • general Penzer VI 72 n. 1
  • general Meyer Germanische Mythologie (1891) 105
  • general *Jones PMLA XXIII 569
  • general Norlind Skattsägner 46 n. 4. – Irish myth: Cross
  • general Cape Verde Is.: Parsons MAFLS XV (1) 277 No. 91, 281 No. 92. Africa (Mpongwe): Nassau 68 No. 15
Within the index

Filed under Magic quadrupeds – ungulata.

12 finer motifs beneath it
Horse (mule) with magic speed Magic horse goes underground Magic horse from water world Magic horse travels on sea or land Breath of magic horse blows off or sucks in those he pursues Flight on magic horse Magic horse avenges hero's death Immortal horse Magic horse mysteriously recognized by everyone Magic horse makes prodigious jump Magic invulnerable horse Magic horse goes through fire
Filed beside it
Magic cow (ox, bull) Magic swine Magic deer Magic goat Magic sheep
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Magic folding mule. Folds up like a sheet of paper. (Cf. B184.1.)
Carried in tale types

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