μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Faithful dog killed by overhasty master: thinks mistakenly he has returned home against orders. (Cf. Llewellyn and his dog.)

Animals. · Friendly animals. · Helpful animals – general. · Death of helpful animal. · view the constellation · filed as B331.2.2

Filed across the traditions
  • India *Thompson-Balys.
  • general *Emeneau "The Faithful Dog as Security for a Debt
  • general A Companion to the Brahman and Mongoose Story-Type" Journal of American Oriental Society LXI 1–17
Within the index

Filed under Llewellyn and his dog. Dog has saved child from serpent. Father sees bloody mouth, thinks the dog has eaten the child, and kills the dog.

Filed beside it
Woman slays faithful mongoose which has saved her child. "A Classical Indian Folk-Tale as a Reported Modern Event: The Brahman and the Mongoose"
Carried in tale types

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