Bird as nurse for child — Mythoi

Motif

Bird as nurse for child.

Animals. · Friendly animals. · Services of helpful animals. · Animals nourish men. · view the constellation · filed as B535.0.7

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Middle Eastern The Thousand and One Nights, commonly called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments , Chapter 8
Indic The Mahābhārata , Book 12, Section CXXXIX

Filed across the traditions

Chinese-Persian *Coyajee JPASB XXIV 188.

Within the index

Filed under Animal nurse. Animal nourishes abandoned child.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Stork as nurse for child Crane as nurse for child

Filed beside it

Cow as nurse cares for children Bandicoot (large rat) as nurse. Cares for children Goat as nurse for child Dog as nurse for child Abandoned prince grows up in eagle's nest Frog as nurse for child Tiger as nurse for child She-wolf as nurse for child Sheep and oxen protect exposed child She-wolf cares for baby exposed in the forest Eagle cares for baby while mother works in field Crab as nurse for child Serpent as nurse for child Goat feeds other animals from its body. Permits them to feed from it internally Animal nurses fight with real parent for children

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