μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Magic object received from animal.

Animals. · Friendly animals. · Services of helpful animals. · Magic power from animals. · view the constellation · filed as B505

Filed across the traditions
  • Breton Sébillot Incidents s.v. "talisman"
  • Missouri-French Carrière. – India: *Thompson-Balys
  • Chinese Eberhard FFC CXX 37 No. 24. – Africa (Zanzibar): Bateman 221 No. 10, (Basuto): Jacottet 214 No. 31. See also references in B375.1.
  • general *Types 560, 561
  • general *Aarne MSFO XXV 3–82
  • general BP II 451ff., 537
  • general Type 554*
  • general *Köhler-Bolte I 440
  • general Hartland Perseus III 199
Within the index

Filed under Magic power from animals.

3 finer motifs beneath it
Magic object received from animal brother-in-law Animal tells hero where to find magic object. (Cf. B560.) Magic song received from fish. (Cf. B470.)
Filed beside it
Animal gives part of body as talisman for summoning its aid
Carried in tale types

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