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

Motif

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

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

Scholars’ trail — 3references

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
IrishPlummer cxliiff.
general *Loomis White Magic 63

Within the index

Filed under Religious animals.

13 finer motifs beneath 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 Wolf returns sheep stolen from saint Whale raises back so that voyaging clerics can land to celebrate

Filed beside it

Animals praise or worship Animal churchmen Animals perform offices of church Miracle wrought for animal Animal funeral Miscellaneous religious animals

Travels with

Animal as servant to man

wander