μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Animals provide food for men.

Animals. · Friendly animals. · Services of helpful animals. · Animals nourish men. · view the constellation · filed as B531

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • French Canadian *Barbeau JAFL XXIX 15 (dog)
  • Missouri-French Carrière
  • Spanish Exempla Keller
  • Swiss Jegerlehner Oberwallis 328 No 17 (dragon). – Jewish: Neuman
  • India *Thompson-Balys
  • Buddhist myth Malalasekera I 217, II 655, 1158
  • Chinese Graham
  • Africa Stanley 329, (Angola): Chatelain 129 No. 19
  • Eskimo (Greenland) Rasmussen I 143, III 80, 198, Rink 227, 413, 462, Holm 84, (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 222, (Central Eskimo): Boas RBAE VI 638, (Smith Sound): Kroeber JAFL XII 176. – S. Am. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 6, (Chiriguano): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 155.
  • general *Basset 1001 Contes III 295 (birds)
  • general *Wesselski Märchen 249 No. 57
  • general Toldo Studien zur vgl. Littgsch. VIII 21
  • general *Fb "hind" I 612 (deer)
  • general Alphabet Nos. 361. 636. Irish myth: Cross, Saints' legend (Irish): Plummer cxliv (otter). – Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "nourriture" (bird, dog)
Within the index

Filed under Animals nourish men. Provide food, shelter, or other necessities.

5 finer motifs beneath it
Infants fed by bees Unusual milking animal Helpful animal recovers magic food-producing skin from river bottom Helpful animal drops magic food Birds save man from hunger by pitching themselves to roast in fire he has made
Filed beside it
Mythical frog as host to woman Elephants look after ascetic in jungle Animal nurse. Animal nourishes abandoned child Helpful animal cares for wounded (sick) master Animals adopt mysterious housekeeper Animals provide shelter

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