Domestic beast as messenger — Mythoi

Motif

Domestic beast as messenger.

Animals. · Animals with human traits. · Other animals with human traits. · view the constellation · filed as B291.2

Within the index

Filed under Animal as messenger.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Horse as messenger Dog as messenger

Filed beside it

Animal tried out as messenger. Hen (cock) the only one successful Unwelcome bird (insect) proves to be messenger Bird as messenger Wild beast as messenger Other animals as messenger

Carried in tale types

The Origin of Death · ATU 934H 1 recorded variant

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