Wolf returns sheep stolen from saint

Motif

Wolf returns sheep stolen from saint.

Animals. · Animals with human traits. · Religious animals. · view the constellation · filed as B256.11

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

Irish mythCross.

Within the index

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

Filed beside it

Animal deluded by saint Birds nest in saint's hand (cowl)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 Whale raises back so that voyaging clerics can land to celebrate

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