Election of king of birds. (Cf. B232.)

Motif

Election of king of birds. (Cf. B232.)

Animals. · Animals with human traits. · Parliament of animals. · view the constellation · filed as B236.1

Scholars’ trail — 7references

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.

IndiaThompson-Balys
JapaneseIkeda.
general *Type 221
general *BP III 278 (Gr. No. 171)
general Penzer V 100ff.
general Panchatantra (tr. Ryder) 304
general Bødker Exempler 293 No. 53

Within the index

Filed under Animal parliament elects king.

Filed beside it

Animal king chosen as result of a contest Election of king of fishes. (Cf. B233, B243.)

Travels with

Parliament of birds. (Cf. B236.1, B238.)Wren king of birds. Wins contest for kingship. (Cf. B236.1.)

Carried in tale types

The Election of King of Birds · ATU 2211 recorded variant

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