Dog rescues drowning man

Motif

Dog rescues drowning man.

Animals. · Friendly animals. · Services of helpful animals. · Animal rescuer or retriever. · view the constellation · filed as B541.4

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

general Type 540*.

Within the index

Filed under Animal rescues man from sea.

1 finer motif beneath it

Boat towed by dog

Filed beside it

Escape from sea on fish's back. (Cf. B551.)Fox rescues man from sea Bird rescues man from sea. (Cf. B542, B450.)Fish rescues ship. (Cf. B470.)

Carried in tale types

The Dog and the Sailor (previously The Dog in the Sea) · ATU 5401 recorded variant

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