μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Speaking fox.

Animals. · Animals with human traits. · Speaking animals. · view the constellation · filed as B211.2.5

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“But scarcely had the golden saddle touched the horse than he beo-an to neigh loudly. The grooms awoke, seized the youth, and threw him into prison. The next morning he was sen- tenced by the court to death ; but the King promised to grant him his life, and the Golden Horse as well if he could bring back the beautiful princess from the Golden uastle. With a heavy heart the youth set out; yet luckily toriiim he soon found the trusty Fox.”

Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 57 · served from our shelf  receiptuncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

Attested across traditions
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.

  • GermanGrimm Nos. 8, 57, 60, 191
  • JewishNeuman.
Within the index

Filed under Speaking beast – wild.

Filed beside it
Speaking stagSpeaking lionSpeaking bearSpeaking wolfSpeaking hare (rabbit)Speaking sea-beastSpeaking mouseSpeaking ratSpeaking monkey
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Speaking wolfSpeaking hare (rabbit)Treasure from bird's feathersSpeaking lionSpeaking bearHelpful animals a giftRelease of animal by hunter (fisher)Animals attracted by musicDisenchantment for breaking tabuDisenchantment by cutting off animal's limbMagic objects possessed by witch, sorcerer or evil dwarf. (Cf. F451.7, G234, D1711.)Witch lives in forest

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