μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 12references

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.

  • ScotchCampbell II 279–289
  • French CanadianBarbeau JAFL XXIX 15
  • SwissJegerlehner Oberwallis 298 No. 13
  • EnglishWells 20 (William of Palerne), 118f. (Octovian)
  • JewishNeuman (steer)
  • Buddhist mythMalalasekera II 921 (owl), Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 37 (birds)
  • MaoriClark 54 (birds)
  • Africa (Angola)Chatelain 53 No. 2.
  • general *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 649
  • general Type 74*
  • general Fb ("orne" II 760, "ravn") III 23a (boar, raven)
  • general *Zingerle Sagen aus Tirol 588 (ravens). Irish myth: Cross
Within the index

Filed under Animals serve men.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Wild animals kept as dogsBird rests on person's shoulders
Filed beside it
Animals perform tasks for manAnimals as carpenter (builder)Animals as domestic servantsAnimal as guardDogs track down law-breakersAnimals serve man otherwise

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