μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Helpful eagle. See references in B322.1.

Animals. · Friendly animals. · Kinds of helpful animals. · Helpful birds. · view the constellation · filed as B455.3

Filed across the traditions
  • Greek Fox 118
  • Finnish Kalevala rune 7 → on our shelf: The Kalevala, Rune VII
  • Breton Sébillot Incidents s.v. "oiseau", "nid". – Missouri French: Carrière
  • Jewish Neuman
  • India Thompson-Balys. – German New Guinea: Dixon 141f.
  • Africa (Vai) Ellis 242 No. 49.
  • general *Fb "fjer", "ørn" IV 1183b
  • general Köhler-Bolte I 545, 560, *561
  • general Reinhard PMLA XXXVIII 433 nn. 24, 26
  • general Gaster Exempla 186 No. 5
  • general Fables: Halm Aesop Nos. 92, 120, Babrius No. 144, Wienert FFC LVI 70 (ET 338, 339), 127 (ST 353). – Irish myth: Cross
Within the index

Filed under Helpful birds – falconiformes.

Filed beside it
Helpful vulture Helpful falcon Helpful hawk Helpful kite (bird)
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Eagle carries man to safety Tabu: looking up Tasks assigned suitors. Bride as prize for accomplishment. (For nature of tasks see H1000ff.) Old woman helper

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