Animal as messenger — Mythoi

Motif

Animal as messenger.

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

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 *

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth Cross
India Thompson-Balys
N. Am. Indian Koch-Grünberg Indianermärchen aus N. Am. No. 33. African: de Clerq Anthropos IV 451, (Fjort) Dennett 123.

Within the index

Filed under Other animals with human traits.

6 finer motifs beneath 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 Other animals as messenger

Filed beside it

Swine march like soldiers Animal as servant to man Animals dance Animals in business relations Animal drives carriage Animals go a-journeying Musical animals Animal plays game Other animals with human traits – miscellaneous

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