μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Birds nest in saint's hand (cowl).

Animals. · Animals with human traits. · Religious animals. · view the constellation · filed as B256.1

Filed across the traditions
  • Saints' legend (Irish) Plummer cxlvi.
  • Irish myth Cross.
Within the index

Filed under Animal as servant of saint. (Cf. B292.)

1 finer motif beneath it
Birds perch on hands and head of saint
Filed beside it
Animal deluded by saint St. Anthony's pigs. Pigs dedicated to saint held sacred Deer makes its horns available as a bookholder to a saint Domesticated wolves Obedience of the feathered creatures to the commands of saint Boar serves saint. (Cf. B183.) Tiger sweeps temple for saint Saint's prayer causes wolf to bring back child Stags plow for saint Fly, wren, fox live with cleric Wolf returns sheep stolen from saint Whale raises back so that voyaging clerics can land to celebrate

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