Other animals as messenger — Mythoi

Motif

Other animals as messenger.

Animals. · Animals with human traits. · Other animals with human traits. · view the constellation · filed as B291.4

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter LII LII. Killing the Divine Animal
North American Indigenous Myths of the Cherokee , Quadruped Myths — Myth 26 26. HOW THE DEER GOT HIS HORNS
Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter XXIX XXIX. The Myth of Adonis
North American Indigenous Tales of the North American Indians , Tale 22 XXII. THE EMPOUNDED WATER *

Within the index

Filed under Animal as messenger.

3 finer motifs beneath it

Bee as messenger from heaven to earth Snake as messenger Whale 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 Domestic beast as messenger Wild beast as messenger

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