Sympathetic animals — Mythoi

Motif

Sympathetic animals.

Animals. · Animals with human traits. · Other animals with human traits. · view the constellation · filed as B299.5

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter LXVII LXVII. The External Soul in Folk-Custom
Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter III III. Sympathetic Magic
Greco-Roman The Library (Bibliotheca) , BOOK III, ch. XIII
Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter LIV LIV. Types of Animal Sacrament
Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter LI LI. Homeopathic Magic of a Flesh Diet

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth Cross.

Within the index

Filed under Other animals with human traits – miscellaneous.

3 finer motifs beneath it

Animal mutilates self to express sympathy Animal fasts to express sympathy Birds weep when man cuts off his hand

Filed beside it

Animal takes revenge on man Animals dispute Animals discover liquor and get intoxicated Bear asks boy to stay with her cubs Animal physician Festival of animals Animals build bridge Animals cultivate crops Animal christening

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