Aquatic bird carries man across water

Motif

Aquatic bird carries man across water.

Animals. · Friendly animals. · Services of helpful animals. · Animals carry men. · view the constellation · filed as B551.2

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

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Within the index

Filed under Animal carries man across water.

1 finer motif beneath it

Parrots carry couple across the sea

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