Animal carries man across water

Motif

Animal carries man across water.

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

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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.

IndiaThompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Animals carry men.

5 finer motifs beneath 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 Turtle (tortoise) carries person across river (ocean)

Filed beside it

Man carried by bird Animals serve as bridge across stream Sea-beast allows voyager to land upon his back Unusual animal as riding-horse Unusual draft-animal Animals carry men – miscellaneous

Travels with

Escape from sea on fish's back. (Cf. B551.)

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