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

5 finer motifs beneath it
Girl saved by lion from ravishment. (Cf. B443.)Dragon makes bridge across stream for holy man. (Cf. B11.)Abandoned child rescued by dogAnimal rescues from caveHero saved from ravaging snake by crab companion. [Inadvertant duplication of B524.1.12.]
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 captiveAnimal rescues from trap (net)Animal searches for dead manAnimal rescues man from dangerous placeAnimal retrieves lost object

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