Animals overcome man's adversary by strategy

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Animals overcome man's adversary by strategy.

Animals. · Friendly animals. · Services of helpful animals. · Animals save person's life. · view the constellation · filed as B524.2

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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.

IndonesianDe Vries' list No. 48. – Africa (Kaffir): Kidd 230 No. 2, (Ekoi): Talbot 233, (Basuto): Jacottet 114 No. 27.
general Type 545
general BP I 325ff., III 487 (Gr. 33a, 214). Icel.: Boberg

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Helpful bees (hornets) sting opposing army

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Animals overcome man's adversary by force Helpful snake protects man from attack Supernatural bird prevents mother from killing babe Broom, transformed into porcupine, drives away would-be ravisher Grateful hare raises animal army for hero Faithful dog kills would-be murderer of sleeping master Chicken picks out one of attacker's eyes

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