μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Helpful wild beasts – felidae.

Animals. · Friendly animals. · Kinds of helpful animals. · Helpful beasts. · Helpful wild beasts. · view the constellation · filed as B431

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“A deliverer was sent to them in the person of Jonayafyin, the son of the old woman who lives in the West, and the second wife of the Sun. She divided her time between the Sun and the Water-fall, and by the latter bore a second son, named Ko- bachischini, who remained with his mother while his brother went forth to battle with the enemies of mankind. In four days Jonayafyin grew to manhood,™ then he asked his mother where the Elk lived.”

Tales of the North American Indians, Tale 43 · served from our shelf  receiptuncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

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Filed under Helpful wild beasts.

4 finer motifs beneath it
Helpful leopardHelpful lion. (Cf. B549.1.)Helpful tigerHelpful panther
Filed beside it
Helpful wild beasts – mustelidaeHelpful wild beasts – canidae and other carnivoraHelpful wild beasts – rodentiaHelpful wild beasts – primataHelpful wild beasts – ungulataHelpful wild beasts – miscellaneous
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Thunderbird. A mythical giant bird usually thought of as a thunder-godRoc. A giant bird which carries off men in its clawsHelpful animal. See also entire section B300–599, especially B350Grateful animalsAnimal nurse. Animal nourishes abandoned childBat rescues man from height. Bat lets him down in a spider-web basketMagic footwearMagic arrowMagic ballMagic bone gives advice. (Cf. D1013.)Miraculous speed from magic objectMagic arrow flight. Man keeps ahead of arrow which he shoots. (Cf. D1092.)

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