Helpful wild beasts – felidae — Mythoi

Motif

Helpful wild beasts – felidae.

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

Attested across traditions

North American Indigenous Tales of the North American Indians , Tale 43 receipt

Within the index

Filed under Helpful wild beasts.

4 finer motifs beneath it

Helpful leopard Helpful lion. (Cf. B549.1.) Helpful tiger Helpful panther

Filed beside it

Helpful wild beasts – mustelidae Helpful wild beasts – canidae and other carnivora Helpful wild beasts – rodentia Helpful wild beasts – primata Helpful wild beasts – ungulata Helpful wild beasts – miscellaneous

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Thunderbird. A mythical giant bird usually thought of as a thunder-god Roc. A giant bird which carries off men in its claws Helpful animal. See also entire section B300–599, especially B350 Grateful animals Animal nurse. Animal nourishes abandoned child Bat rescues man from height. Bat lets him down in a spider-web basket Magic footwear Magic arrow Magic ball Magic bone gives advice. (Cf. D1013.) Miraculous speed from magic object Magic arrow flight. Man keeps ahead of arrow which he shoots. (Cf. D1092.)

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