Speaking cat — Mythoi

Motif

Speaking cat.

Animals. · Animals with human traits. · Speaking animals. · view the constellation · filed as B211.1.8

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Irish Cuchulain of Muirthemne: The Story of the Men of the Red Branch of Ulster , Ch. 4 BRICRIU'S FEAST, AND THE WAR OF WORDS
Yoruba The Yoruba-Speaking Peoples of the Slave Coast of West Africa , Chapter 11

Filed across the traditions

Breton Sébillot Incidents s.v. "chats"
Missouri-French Carrière
India Thompson-Balys
Japanese Mitford 253, Ikeda
German Grimm No. 4. → on our shelf: Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 4
general *Type 545
general BP I 329, III 487 (Gr. No. 214). Danish: Fb "kat" II 108b

Within the index

Filed under Speaking beasts – domestic.

Filed beside it

Speaking sheep Speaking goat Speaking horse Speaking hog Speaking cow Speaking camel Speaking dog

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Magic bed Resuscitation by warming dead man Revenant as dog. (Cf. E421.3.6.) Revenant as old man Fear test: going into the church at night and ringing the bell Hero plays skittles with demons Ogre's (dwarf's) beard caught fast Dressmaker (milliner, etc.) Adultery punished. (Cf. Q411.0.1, Q413.2, Q414.0.2, Q416.1.1, Q418.1, Q421.0.2, Q421.0.6, Q424.2, Q428.1, Q431.8, Q432.2, Q434.1, Q451.1.5, Q451.2.4, Q451.4.8, Q451.5.1, Q451.6.1, Q451.14, Q455.2, Q456.0.1, Q457.3, Q458.0.1, Q461.3, Q466.1, Q469.1, Q473.0.2, Q473.1.1, Q473.2.1, Q478.1, Q478.2, Q478.3, Q484, Q493.1, Q499.2.1, Q537.1, Q552.3.0.3, Q555.2, Q587.) Hanging as punishment for adultery. (Cf. Q241.) Several men marry one woman

Carried in tale types

Puss in Boots · ATU 545B 6 recorded variants
The Cat Castle · ATU 545A 1 recorded variant

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