μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 10references

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 – India: *Thompson-Balys
  • JapaneseMitford 185f., 270, Anesaki 313, Ikeda
  • ChineseEberhard FFC CXX 29. – Africa (Benga): Nassau No. 33.
  • general *Types 300, 531, 550, 554
  • general Warnke Quellen des Esope der Marie de France 221ff.
  • general *BP II 21f., 463
  • general Halm Aesop No. 173
  • general Wienert FFC LVI 70 (ET 347), 127 (ST 358)
  • general Ward III 208
  • general Oesterley Gesta Romanorum No. 141 Lithuanian: Balys Legends No. 387. – Danish: Fb "kalv"
Within the index

Filed under Animals grateful for other kind acts.

4 finer motifs beneath it
Child feeds snake from its milk-bottleChild shares food with toadHero kills horse to feed young ravensAnimals given water to drink: grateful
Filed beside it
Hero divides spoil for animalsAnimals grateful for shelterCow grateful for being milked. (Cf. B411.)Buffaloes grateful for care of their calvesCows grateful for hero's housekeeping for them
Travels with
Man attempts to kill faithful serpent at wife's instigation. Loses everything
Carried in tale types

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