Roc. A giant bird which carries off men in its claws — Mythoi

Motif

Roc. A giant bird which carries off men in its claws.

Animals. · Mythical animals. · Mythical birds. · view the constellation · filed as B31.1

Attested across traditions

Germanic Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes , Tale 161 receipt
North American Indigenous Tales of the North American Indians , Tale 43 receipt

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth Cross
German Grimm Nos. 51, 161
general Penzer I 103ff., II 219
general Chauvin VI 3 No. 181 n. 3
general Burton I 154 n., V 122f., VI 16n, 48ff., S III 186, S VII 249. – Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 45. – N. Am. Indian: Thompson Tales 318 n. 151.

Within the index

Filed under [First Edition: B31. Giant birds.]

3 finer motifs beneath it

The bird Ziz, Hebrew counterpart of roc Roc's egg Roc drops rock on ship. Rock is so large that it destroys ship

Filed beside it

The Bird Gam. Throws sand in a stream and makes a lake. Appears at turn of century. Also carries men. Leaps into the sea and sleeps Giant ravens. They sit on mountain; when they fly, avalanche comes Giant bat Simorg: giant bird Other giant birds

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Thunderbird. A mythical giant bird usually thought of as a thunder-god Speaking bear Helpful animal. See also entire section B300–599, especially B350 Grateful animals Helpful wild beasts – felidae Animal nurse. Animal nourishes abandoned child Bat rescues man from height. Bat lets him down in a spider-web basket Magic footwear Magic arrow Magic ball Magic bone gives advice. (Cf. D1013.) Miraculous speed from magic object

Carried in tale types

The Great Bird · ATU 1960J 1 recorded variant
The Golden Mountain · ATU 936* 1 recorded variant

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