Covenant with animals

Motif

Covenant with animals.

Animals. · Animals with human traits. · Animals in legal relations. · view the constellation · filed as B279

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

WelshThe Mabinogion, MATH THE SON OF MATHONWYMATH THE SON OF MATHONWY

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 Animals in legal relations.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Saint makes covenant with wolves Attitudes of animals toward oath

Filed beside it

Lawsuit between the owl and kite Lawsuit between owl and mouse Animals as plaintiffs Animals as defendants in court Animal as judge Animal punished Animal jury Captured animal ransoms self

Travels with

Saint makes blood covenant with animals. (Cf. B279.)

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