μῦθοι Mythoi
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  • IndiaThompson-Balys.
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Filed under Animal grateful for relief from pain.

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Grateful hyena leads lost hermit from wilderness as reward for his helpThorn removed from lion's paw (Androcles and the Lion). In gratitude the lion later rewards the manAnimal grateful for removal of bone lodged in its throatMan called by animal for help to his cubs in dangerSaint cures the blind young ones of a hyena or wolf by the sign of the cross and the application of his saliva. (Cf. D1500.1.8.1.) The animal mother is gratefulTigress grateful for opening of abscessTiger grateful for woman assisting tigress as midwifeCobra grateful for cure of ulcer

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