μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Unusual animal as riding-horse.

Animals. · Friendly animals. · Services of helpful animals. · Animals carry men. · view the constellation · filed as B557

Filed across the traditions
  • Icel. Boberg
  • English Wells 114 (lion, unicorn, leopard)
  • Jewish Bin Gorion Born Judas 2d ed. III 148
  • India Thompson-Balys
  • Chinese Werner 392 (tiger). → on our shelf: Myths & Legends of China, Chapter XVI
  • general *BP II 483 (Gr. 108) (cock)
  • general Tobler Epiphanie der Seele 72f. (goat, goose, snake)
  • general *Fb "buk" IV 77a (goat)
  • general Penzer II 143. Missouri-French: Carrière
Within the index

Filed under Animals carry men.

15 finer motifs beneath it
Man carried on goat's horns. (Goat is transformed man.) Saint carried by wild oxen Man carried by deer Crocodile as means of transportation for a saint Person carried by lion Magic dog carries owner in his ear Person carried by cat Person carried by cobra Person carried by locust Person carried by tiger Person (animal) carried by elephant Person carried by peacock Jackal rides on fox Person carried by frog Wolf carries man
Filed beside it
Animal carries man across water Man carried by bird Animals serve as bridge across stream Sea-beast allows voyager to land upon his back Unusual draft-animal Animals carry men – miscellaneous
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Man rides on back of fleeing wild boar. (Cf. B557.) Lie: man rides unusual riding animal (lion, deer, etc.). (Cf. B557.)
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
City-gods Creation of the universe Wild man as king of animals Marriage to person in dog form. (Cf. B635.4, D141.) Marriage to dog in human form Jointed snake can join its segments when it is broken into pieces Tabu: looking under certain bell too soon Journey to Land of Women. Island of women, land of maidens, country of the Amazons, etc Spirits and demons (general) Remarkable persons. Extraordinary size, form, appearance, or habits Headless person with eyes (eye) and mouth on breast Headless persons cannot smell or hear

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