Person drinking from brook swallows animal eggs (frog or newt) — Mythoi

Motif

Person drinking from brook swallows animal eggs (frog or newt).

Animals. · Fanciful traits of animals. · Other fanciful traits of animals. · view the constellation · filed as B784.1.1

Cited in the index

general England, Ireland, U.S.: *Baughman.

Within the index

Filed under How animal gets into person's stomach (or body) (various methods).

Filed beside it

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