μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Helpful birds.

Animals. · Friendly animals. · Kinds of helpful animals. · Helpful birds. · view the constellation · filed as B450

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth Cross
  • English Child Eng.-Scot. Pop. Ballads II 113 n., 356ff., 362f., 365f., III 4, 8
  • Missouri French Carrière. – Jewish: Neuman
  • India *Thompson-Balys Japanese: Ikeda. – Indonesian: De Vries' List No. 209. – Mono-Alu: Wheeler 20, 36, 46, 60f. – Papua: Ker 41, 45, 57, 64, 103. – New Hebrides: Codrington No. III 8. N. Am. Indian (Pawnee): Alexander N. Am. 81. – Africa (Benga): Nassau 140 No. 16, (Ekoi): Talbot 233, (Angola): Chatelain 145 No. 14, (Kaffir): Theal 37, 47, 127, (Swahili): Steere 199, (Basuto): Jacottet 104 No. 15.
  • general *Köhler-Bolte I 185, 277
  • general *Type 781
  • general *Chauvin II 109 No 73, V 242 No. 142
  • general *Basset 1001 Contes III 295
  • general *Fb "fugl"
  • general Wesselski Märchen 231. Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 101
  • general IV 412, 482, 485f.
  • general V 234. – Italian Novella: Rotunda
Within the index
7 finer motifs beneath it
Helpful birds – passeriformes Helpful birds – falconiformes Helpful birds – charidriiformes Helpful birds – coraciiformes Helpful birds – ciconiiformes Helpful birds – miscellaneous [First Edition: B461. Helpful domestic fowls.]
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
[First Edition: B101. Treasure bird. (Cf. B172, B450.)] Bird gives shelter with wings. (Cf. B450.) Bird rescues man from sea. (Cf. B542, B450.)
Carried in tale types

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