Helpful ant. (Cf. B362.)
Animals. · Friendly animals. · Kinds of helpful animals. · Helpful insects. · view the constellation · filed as B481.1
Motif
Filed across the traditions
- Indonesian Dixon 217, De Vries Volksverhalen I No. 67, II No. 170
- Chinese Graham.
- general Fb "myre". Fable: Halm Aesop No. 296, Wienert FFC LVI 59 (ET 201), 127 (ST 356). – Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "fourmi", "animaux". – Missouri-French: Carrière. – Africa (Fjort): Dennett 126. – India: *Thompson-Balys
Within the index
Filed under Helpful insects – hymenoptera.
Filed beside it
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Carried in tale types
- The Bee Falls into the Water · ATU 240A* 1 recorded variant
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