King of serpents (snakes)

Motif

King of serpents (snakes).

Animals. · Animals with human traits. · King of animals. · view the constellation · filed as B244.1

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Scholars’ trail — 8references

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.

India*Thompson-Balys
Buddhist mythMalalasekera I 27, 64, 230, 1149, II 529, 556
ChineseEberhard 17 No. 8
ZanzibarBateman 202 No. 10.
general *Type 672
general BP II 463f.
general *Fb "snogekonge" III 437b, "lindorm" II 433 b, "hugormekonge" I 667. Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn II (1893) 213ff., (1928) 139ff. – Hindu: Keith 154
general Penzer VI 29

Within the index

Filed under King of reptiles.

4 finer motifs beneath it

Queen of watersnakes Serpent king resides in lake Gigantic hood of serpent king Four royal families of snakes

Filed beside it

Naga-king King of lizards

Carried in tale types

The Serpent's Crown · ATU 6721 recorded variant

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