Animals recover lost wishing ring. Grateful cat, dog, and snake compel mouse to steal it from thief — Mythoi

Motif

Animals recover lost wishing ring. Grateful cat, dog, and snake compel mouse to steal it from thief.

Animals. · Friendly animals. · Services of helpful animals. · Animal rescuer or retriever. · view the constellation · filed as B548.1

Filed across the traditions

India *Thompson-Balys. – Indonesian: De Vries' list No. 186
Chinese Eberhard FFC CXX 24ff. No. 13, 68.
general *Type 560
general **Aarne MSFO XXV 3–82
general *BP II 455ff.
general Dh IV 147ff. – Missouri-French: Carrière

Within the index

Filed under Animal retrieves lost object.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Martens recover lost magic ring from kite Otters recover lost magic ring from fish

Filed beside it

Fish brings lost object from bottom of sea Otter retrieves lost magic object from bottom of lake Ducks recover lost object from water Frog recovers Sacred Host from water Jewel recovered from sea by helpful parrot

Carried in tale types

The Magic Ring · ATU 560 18 recorded variants

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