μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Animal as shepherd for man.

Animals. · Animals with human traits. · Other animals with human traits. · view the constellation · filed as B292.1

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Filed under Animal as servant to man.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Baboon as shepherd for man Dog as shepherd for man
Filed beside it
Animals with human child as slave Animals leave wicked and go to pious master Animal as domestic servant Doe furnishes man milk Stags plow for man. Also draw chariot, bear burdens, and allow saints to use their horns as a book rest Bird sings to console man Black cat as servant of giant Otters supply man with fish and burning wood daily Dog as guardian of treasure Animal as farm laborer Dog made king Tiger carries load of wood for saint Serpent as saint's whip Ass as tollkeeper

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