μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Dogs rescue fleeing master from tree refuge.

Animals. · Friendly animals. · Services of helpful animals. · Animals save person's life. · view the constellation · filed as B524.1.2

Cited in the index
  • general *Parsons Zs. f. Ethnologie LIV 1–29, MAFLS XVII 271 No. 82. – See also most of African references in B421.
Within the index

Filed under Animals overcome man's adversary by force.

1 finer motif beneath it
Dogs break bonds and kill master's attacker
Filed beside it
Dogs kill attacking cannibal (dragon) Cat kills attacking rat Wolf defends master's child against serpent Helpful buffaloes tramp hero's enemies to death Helpful bird kills snake attacking master's wife and child Horse kills master's attacking enemies Shut in with elephants, blackbird orders ants to burrow themselves into the elephants' brains Grateful hawk attacks hero's enemies Helpful centipede kills ogre Hero contests with demons, using fighting animals: cock, goat, bull, horse, wild bull, peacock Hero saved from ravaging snake by crab companion. [Inadvertant duplication of B549.5.]
Carried in tale types

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