Faithful animal at master's grave dies of hunger — Mythoi

Motif

Faithful animal at master's grave dies of hunger.

Animals. · Friendly animals. · Helpful animals – general. · Helpful animal. · view the constellation · filed as B301.1

Filed across the traditions

Icel. *Boberg.
general *Type 75*
general *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 428
general cf. Alphabet No. 270

Within the index

Filed under Faithful animal.

3 finer motifs beneath it

Faithful dog follows master's dead body when cast into river. Supports body Faithful dog helps open mistress' grave – dies on it. [Inadvertant duplication of B301.7.1.] Faithful animal doesn't allow anybody to come near to master's corpse

Filed beside it

Faithful animal at master's grave avenges his murder Faithful animal plans suicide when it thinks master dead Faithful horse follows dead master to grave Faithful animals resuscitate master Faithful cattle fight at master's grave until they cast their horns Faithful lapdog dies when mistress dies Faithful lion follows man who saved him

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