μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Parliament of birds. (Cf. B236.1, B238.)

Animals. · Animals with human traits. · Parliament of animals. · view the constellation · filed as B232

Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth Cross
  • Breton Sébillot Incidents s.v. "oiseaux"
  • Hindu *Penzer V 100 n. 1
  • India *Thompson-Balys
  • general Type 220
  • general *BP III 278ff. – *Robinson Complete Works of Chaucer 900ff.
  • general T. Wright The Owl and the Nightingale (Percy Society, 1834)
  • general Seneca (Indians): Curtin-Hewitt RBAE XXXII 695 No. 133.
Within the index

Filed under Parliament of animals.

1 finer motif beneath it
St. Valentine's Day for bird assembly
Filed beside it
Parliament of fishes. (Cf. B236.2.) School of animals Secrets discussed in animal meeting Animal parliament elects king Drinking-bout assembly of animals Animal council assigns place and work to all Parliament of animals – miscellaneous
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Election of king of birds. (Cf. B232.) Animal council assigns place and work to all Bird council assigns place and work to all. Eagle as judge. (Cf. B232)

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