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
  • India*Thompson-Balys
  • ChineseEberhard FFC CXX 17 No. 8. Africa (Zulu): Callaway 147, 241 (dog, frog), (Cameroon): Meinhof 88, 102.
  • general *Fb "höj" I 741 b (fox)
Within the index

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

1 finer motif beneath it
Animals help imprisoned master
Filed beside it
Birds throw some of their feathers to the hero in danger and he flies offHelpful horse rescues childrenAnimal rescues man from seaAnimal carries man through air to safetyAnimal finds stolen personAnimal rescues from trap (net)Animal searches for dead manAnimal rescues man from dangerous placeAnimal retrieves lost objectAnimal rescuer – miscellaneous

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