μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 3references

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.

  • French CanadianBarbeau JAFL XXIX 20. – Africa (Basuto): Jacottet 56 No. 9, (Zulu): Callaway 51, (Kaffir): Kidd 226 No. 1.
  • general *Type 300
  • general *BP I 547. Irish myth: Cross
Within the index

Filed under Animals overcome man's adversary by force.

Filed beside it
Dogs rescue fleeing master from tree refugeCat kills attacking ratWolf defends master's child against serpentHelpful buffaloes tramp hero's enemies to deathHelpful bird kills snake attacking master's wife and childHorse kills master's attacking enemiesShut in with elephants, blackbird orders ants to burrow themselves into the elephants' brainsGrateful hawk attacks hero's enemiesHelpful centipede kills ogreHero contests with demons, using fighting animals: cock, goat, bull, horse, wild bull, peacockHero saved from ravaging snake by crab companion. [Inadvertant duplication of B549.5.]
Travels with
Helpful dog. (Cf. B524.1.1, B268.2.1. War-dogs.)Dog saves man from malevolent living corpse. Dog killed, man safe. (Cf. B524.1.1.)
Carried in tale types

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