Great clam fights hero's pursuer

Motif

Great clam fights hero's pursuer.

Animals. · Friendly animals. · Services of helpful animals. · Animals save person's life. · view the constellation · filed as B523.3

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TahitiBeckwith Myth 260.

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Filed under Animal saves man from pursuer.

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Spider-web over hole saves fugitive. (Cf. A2221.5.)Whale fights monster pursuing saint

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