Birds point out road to hero. (Cf. B151.0.3.)

Motif

Birds point out road to hero. (Cf. B151.0.3.)

Animals. · Friendly animals. · Services of helpful animals. · Animals advise men. · view the constellation · filed as B563.2

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Scholars’ trail — 4references

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.

Icel.MacCulloch Eddic 216 (ravens)
JewishNeuman
IndiaThompson-Balys.
general E. Norden P. Vergilius Maro Æneis Buch VI p. 170

Within the index

Filed under Animals direct man on journey.

Filed beside it

Lion leads lost king from forest. (Cf. B431.2.)Squirrel points out road Animal leads cleric to holy place Wild leopards guide Jesus and the Holy Family through wilderness in flight to Egypt Birds as scouts Bird conducts navigators to landing place

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