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

Motif

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.

Animals. · Mythical animals. · Mythical birds. · view the constellation · filed as B31.2

Scholars’ trail — 1 reference (open)

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

general Fb "Fugl Gam", "Gam" IV 173b. – Kristensen Danske Sagn II (1893) 131ff., (1928) 94. – Icel.: *Boberg.

Within the index

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

Filed beside it

Roc. A giant bird which carries off men in its claws Giant ravens. They sit on mountain; when they fly, avalanche comes Giant bat Simorg: giant bird Other giant birds

Travels with

Cup of Gam's egg shell. (Cf. B31.2.)

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