[First Edition: B31. Giant birds.]

Motif

[First Edition: B31. Giant birds.]

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

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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 Type 1960f.

Within the index

Filed under Mythical birds.

6 finer motifs beneath it

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

Filed beside it

Mythical white albatross Mythical cock Phoenix Man-eating birds Bird of dawn. Golden plumage; three feet Camrosh. Giant bird which collects seeds and sees that they are properly placed. Carries off the people's enemies Milk-producing bird Immortal bird. (Cf. B32.)Other mythical birds

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