Speaking horse.
Animals. · Animals with human traits. · Speaking animals. · view the constellation · filed as B211.1.3
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
- Missouri French Carrière
- Greek Malten Jahrb. d. Kaiserl. deutschen archäologischen Inst. XXIX (1914) 203f. Russian: v. Löwis of Menar Russische Märchen 313 No. 53, Rambaud La Russie épique 79
- Lithuanian Leskien-Brugmann Nos. 5, 9
- Turkish Giese Türkische Märchen 37
- Hungarian Ipolyi Zs. f. deutsche Mythologie II 270
- India *Thompson-Balys.
- general *Types 531, 532
- general BP II 274f., III 18
- general Penzer II 57
- general Fb "hest" I 598b
- general *Loomis White Magic 61
- general Modern Greek: Hahn Griechische und alban. Märchen Nos. 6, 37
- general Bulgarian: Strauss Bulgarische Volksdichtungen 212, 309
Carried in tale types
- The Clever Horse (previously Ferdinand the True and Ferdinand the False) · ATU 531 288 recorded variants
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