μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 4references

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.

  • Missouri-FrenchCarrière.
  • general Type 506
  • general BP III 494ff.
  • general Liljeblad Tobiasgeschichte 94
Within the index

Filed under Animal rescuer or retriever. Rescue person or retrieve lost object.

5 finer motifs beneath it
Escape from sea on fish's back. (Cf. B551.)Fox rescues man from seaBird rescues man from sea. (Cf. B542, B450.)Dog rescues drowning manFish rescues ship. (Cf. B470.)
Filed beside it
Birds throw some of their feathers to the hero in danger and he flies offHelpful horse rescues childrenAnimal carries man through air to safetyAnimal finds stolen personAnimal rescues captiveAnimal rescues from trap (net)Animal searches for dead manAnimal rescues man from dangerous placeAnimal retrieves lost objectAnimal rescuer – miscellaneous

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