Helpful animal killed by hero's enemy

Motif

Helpful animal killed by hero's enemy.

Animals. · Friendly animals. · Helpful animals – general. · Death of helpful animal. · view the constellation · filed as B335

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Scholars’ trail — 4references

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.

JapaneseIkeda. – N. Am. Indian (Menomini): Hoffman RBAE XIV 236.
general *Types 510, 533
general *BP III 60ff.
general *Cox Cinderella 477 n. 7. India: *Thompson-Balys

Within the index

Filed under Death of helpful animal.

7 finer motifs beneath it

Man attempts to kill faithful serpent at wife's instigation. Loses everything Life of helpful animal demanded as cure for feigned sickness Unsuccessful attempt by enemy to kill helpful animal Wife demands magic parrot who has accused her Faithful animal killed in battle A small animal (hare, bitch) gives timely warnings to the hero about the trap prepared by his enemy. Animal warning about trap killed Helpful cow to be killed because of refusal to help stepdaughter

Filed beside it

Helpful animal killed through misunderstanding Too watchful dog killed Helpful animal killed (threatened) by ungrateful hero Weapons made from bones of helpful horse Death of helpful animal – miscellaneous

Travels with

Magic bull to be flayed. The bull orders the hero (heroine) to flay him and to use his skin for magic purposes. (Cf. B192, B335, B411.1.)

Carried in tale types

The Speaking Horsehead · ATU 5334 recorded variants

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