Congenital helpful animal. Born at same time as master and (usually) by same magic means

Motif

Congenital helpful animal. Born at same time as master and (usually) by same magic means.

Animals. · Friendly animals. · Helpful animals – general. · Acquisition of helpful animal. · view the constellation · filed as B311

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Scholars’ trail — 6references

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.

India*Thompson-Balys
Africa (Zulu)Callaway 221.
general *Hartland Perseus III 191ff.
general *Types 300, 303
general *BP I 534ff.
general Köhler-Bolte I 179. – Irish myth: Cross, MacCulloch Celtic 83, Welsh ibid. 95

Within the index

Filed under Acquisition of helpful animal.

1 finer motif beneath it

Helpful animal foster brother. Hero reared by animal's parents

Filed beside it

Helpful animals obtained by purchase or gift Helpful animal an enchanted person Helpful animal brothers-in-law Animal helpful after being conquered Abused and pampered horses. Hero is ordered by ogre to feed and care for certain horse and to neglect other horse. Hero disobeys and feeds neglected horse. Latter is enchanted prince and helps hero. (Cf. B181.)Helpful bird hatched by hero. Hero holds eagle's egg in hand and hatches it. Young eagle becomes his helper Helpful animals transformed from other animals Helpful animal otherwise acquired

Travels with

Children born on same night betrothed. (Cf. B311, T22.4.)

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