Helpful cat — Mythoi

Motif

Helpful cat.

Animals. · Friendly animals. · Kinds of helpful animals. · Helpful beasts. · Helpful domestic beasts. · view the constellation · filed as B422

Filed across the traditions

Italian Novella Rotunda
Breton Sébillot Incidents s.v. "chat"
Missouri French Carrière
Scotch Campbell II 279, *284ff.
India *Thompson-Balys
Japanese Mitford 253
Korean Zong in-Sob 28 No. 12
Tonga Gifford 201.
general *Types 402, 545, 560
general *BP I 325, II 30, 455, III 487
general *Aarne MSFO XXV 48
general *Dh IV 147ff.
general *Fb "kat" II 108a. Irish myth: Cross

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

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Magic cat. (Cf. B211.8, B422.)

Carried in tale types

Puss in Boots · ATU 545B 6 recorded variants
The Magic Ring · ATU 560 6 recorded variants
The Animal Bride (previously The Mouse [Cat, Frog, etc · ATU 402 2 recorded variants
The Cat Castle · ATU 545A 1 recorded variant

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