μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Eagle carries man to safety.

Animals. · Friendly animals. · Services of helpful animals. · Animal rescuer or retriever. · view the constellation · filed as B542.1.1

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“Thereupon the hostess Louhi, Harnessed quick a dappled courser, Hitched him to her sledge of birch-wood, Placed within it Wainamoinen, Placed the hero on the cross-bench, Made him ready for his journey; Then addressed the ancient minstrel, These the words that Louhi uttered: “Do not raise thine eyes to heaven, Look not upward on thy journey, While thy steed is fresh and frisky, While the day-star lights thy pathway, Ere the evening…”

The Kalevala, Rune VII · served from our shelf

On our shelf — the index’s citations, resolved to served chapters
  • FinnishThe Kalevala, Rune VIIThompson cites: Kalevala rune 7
Scholars’ trail — 5references

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
  • FinnishKalevala rune 7 → on our shelf: The Kalevala, Rune VII
  • JapaneseHartland Science 194, Ikeda. – Africa (Kaffir): Theal 47, 127, (Vai): Ellis 242 No. 49.
  • general *Type 301
  • general BP II 300 (Gr. No. 91). See all references under B322.1. Irish myth: Cross
Within the index

Filed under Bird flies with man to safety.

Filed beside it
Bat rescues man from height. Bat lets him down in a spider-web basketMeasuring worm rescues from a height
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Helpful eagle. See references in B322.1Tabu: looking upTasks assigned suitors. Bride as prize for accomplishment. (For nature of tasks see H1000ff.)Old woman helper

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