μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

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.)

Animals. · Friendly animals. · Helpful animals – general. · Acquisition of helpful animal. · view the constellation · filed as B316

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Scholars’ trail — 3references

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.

  • Missouri-FrenchCarrière.
  • general *Type 314, 502
  • general BP III 18 n. 3. – French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 15
Within the index

Filed under Acquisition of helpful animal.

Filed beside it
Congenital helpful animal. Born at same time as master and (usually) by same magic meansHelpful animals obtained by purchase or giftHelpful animal an enchanted personHelpful animal brothers-in-lawAnimal helpful after being conqueredHelpful bird hatched by hero. Hero holds eagle's egg in hand and hatches it. Young eagle becomes his helperHelpful animals transformed from other animalsHelpful animal otherwise acquired
Travels with
Magic quadrupeds – felidae
Carried in tale types

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