Animals help hero win princess — Mythoi

Motif

Animals help hero win princess.

Animals. · Friendly animals. · Services of helpful animals. · Animal helps men to wealth and greatness. · view the constellation · filed as B582.2

Filed across the traditions

India *Thompson-Balys
Chinese Eberhard FFC CXX 28.
general *Type 554, 559, cf. 552, 553
general *BP I 134, II 21, 454 n. 1, III 425. Italian Novella: Rotunda

Within the index

Filed under Animal helps person to success in love.

5 finer motifs beneath it

Hero carried by bird to mistress' chamber Rat digs underground passage to girl's chamber for hero Swan as matchmaker Bee as matchmaker Dove helps deity draw his wife into a net

Filed beside it

Carried in tale types

Dungbeetle · ATU 559 4 recorded variants
The Grateful Animals · ATU 554 1 recorded variant

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