Hero feeds own flesh to helpful animal. The hero is carried on the back of an eagle who demands food. The hero finally feeds parts of his own flesh

Motif

Hero feeds own flesh to helpful animal. The hero is carried on the back of an eagle who demands food. The hero finally feeds parts of his own flesh.

Animals. · Friendly animals. · Helpful animals – general. · Reward of helpful animal. · view the constellation · filed as B322.1

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Scholars’ trail — 8references

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.

IndiaThompson-Balys
SwissJegerlehner Oberwallis 304 No. 32
French CanadianBarbeau JAFL XXIX 15. – Missouri French: Carrière. – Apache: Goddard PaAM XXIV 94.
general *Type 301
general *BP II 300 (Gr. No. 91)
general Chauvin VI 3 No. 181 n. 3
general Panzer Beowulf 191
general Clouston Tales I 241ff., Köhler-Bolte Zs. f. Vksk. VI 164 (to Gonzenbach No. 61). – Hindu: Penzer I 84 n. 1. 85, VI 122 n. 2, VII 126 n. 2

Within the index

Filed under Helpful animal demands food.

Filed beside it

Helpful birds demand food

Carried in tale types

The Three Stolen Princesses · ATU 3012 recorded variants

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