Turtle (tortoise) carries person across river (ocean) — Mythoi

Motif

Turtle (tortoise) carries person across river (ocean).

Animals. · Friendly animals. · Services of helpful animals. · Animals carry men. · view the constellation · filed as B551.5

Filed across the traditions

Buddhist myth Malalasekera I 997
Tonga Gifford 53.

Within the index

Filed under Animal carries man across water.

Filed beside it

Fish carries man across water. (Cf. B541.1, all references in R246.) Aquatic bird carries man across water Crocodile carries man across river (ocean) Water snake carries boy across river

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