Magic power from animals — Mythoi

Motif

Magic power from animals.

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

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Maya The 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

Filed across the traditions

Jewish Neuman
India *Thompson-Balys
Missouri French Carrière
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 (Thompson’s cf.)

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 302 4 recorded variants

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