Animals speak to one another at Christmas — Mythoi

Motif

Animals speak to one another at Christmas.

Animals. · Animals with human traits. · Religious animals. · view the constellation · filed as B251.1.2

Filed across the traditions

Lithuanian Balys Index No. *748
Livonian Loorits FFC LXVI 47 No. 237
North Carolina Brown Collection I 637.
general DeCock Volkskunde XXI 52ff.
general Luzel Légendes Chretiennes de la Basse Bretagne II 333
general Tille Die Geschichte der deutschen Weinacht 66f.
general Wossidlo Mecklenbürgische Volksüberlieferung II (1) 59, 369

Within the index

Filed under Animals rejoice at Christ's birth.

3 finer motifs beneath it

Cock crows, "Christus natus est." Cows speak to one another on Christmas. (Cf. B215.) Cows kneel in stable at midnight of Eve of Old Christmas

Filed beside it

Animals worship infant Jesus

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Animal languages. The various animals have languages of their own. (Cf. B251.1.2.)

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