Animal finds stolen person

Motif

Animal finds stolen person.

Animals. · Friendly animals. · Services of helpful animals. · Animal rescuer or retriever. · view the constellation · filed as B543

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Scholars’ trail — 2references

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.

ScotchCampbell I 1ff. (dog, hawk, otter). India: Thompson-Balys
Africa (Basuto)Jacottet 232 No. 34.

Within the index

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

4 finer motifs beneath it

Animal helps on quest for vanished wife Bottlefly finds stolen woman in sky Animal finds stolen goods Stolen child rescued by animal nurse. (Cf. B535.)

Filed beside it

Birds throw some of their feathers to the hero in danger and he flies off Helpful horse rescues children Animal rescues man from sea Animal carries man through air to safety Animal rescues captive Animal rescues from trap (net)Animal searches for dead man Animal rescues man from dangerous place Animal retrieves lost object Animal rescuer – miscellaneous

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