μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Helpful dog. (Cf. B524.1.1, B268.2.1. War-dogs.)

Animals. · Friendly animals. · Kinds of helpful animals. · Helpful beasts. · Helpful domestic beasts. · view the constellation · filed as B421

Filed across the traditions
  • Icel. *Boberg. – Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "chien", "mort", "nourriture"
  • Scotch Campbell I 7
  • French Canadian *Barbeau JAFL XXIX 15, 20
  • Spanish Boggs FFC XC 48 No. 327
  • Korean Zong in-Sob 93 No. 51. – Africa (Zulu): Callaway 51, 142, (Basuto): Jacottet 56 No. 9, 140 No. 20, (Kaffir): Kidd 226 No. 1, Theal 126, (Benga): Nassau 140 No. 16, (Angola): Chatelain 127 No. 12
  • N. Am. Indian (Thompson River) Teit JAFL XXIX 304 (Type 403). See references in B524.1.
  • general *Types 300, 400, 560
  • general *BP II 455ff., I 331, 547
  • general *Emeneau "The Faithful Dog as Security for a Debt," Journal of the American Oriental Society LXI 1–17
  • general *Hartland Perseus III 191ff.
  • general *Aarne MSFO XXV 48
  • general *Dh IV 147ff. – Fable: Halm Aesop No. 173
  • general *BP III 290
  • general Wienert FFC LVI *70 (ET 347), 127 (ST 358). – Irish myth: Cross
  • general *Fb "hund" IV 226b
  • general Alphabet of Tales No. 271. – English: Wells Manual of Writings 121 (Sir Triamour)
  • general Jamaican: Beckwith MAFLS XVII 270 No: 82. – Jewish: Neuman. India: *Thompson-Balys. – Japanese: Anesaki 322, Ikeda
Within the index

Filed under Helpful domestic beasts.

Filed beside it
Helpful horse Helpful ass Helpful mule Helpful camel Helpful cow. (Cf. B354.) Helpful sheep Helpful goat Helpful hog Helpful cat
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
War-dogs Dogs kill attacking cannibal (dragon)
Carried in tale types

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