Magic power from animals

Motif

Magic power from animals.

Animals. · Friendly animals. · Services of helpful animals. · Magic power from animals. · view the constellation · filed as B500

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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

MayaThe Annals of the Cakchiquels, Paragraphs 2
Mesoamerican (Maya / Nahua)Popol Vuh, or Book of the Holy Assembly (Guthrie translation, serialized, truncated), Part 2, Chapter 5

Scholars’ trail — 7references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

JewishNeuman
India*Thompson-Balys
Missouri FrenchCarrière
N. Am. Indian*Thompson Tales 317 n. 146c
Africa (Angola)Chatelain 71 No. 3.
general Type 675
general Fb "ønske" III 1179a. – Italian Novella: Rotunda

Within the index

2 finer motifs beneath it

Animal gives part of body as talisman for summoning its aid Magic object received from animal

Travels with

Treasure animals Power of inducing love given by animals. (Cf. B500.)

Carried in tale types

The Ogre's (Devil's) Heart in the Egg · ATU 3024 recorded variants

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