Monkeys always copy men — Mythoi

Motif

Monkeys always copy men.

Animals. · Fanciful traits of animals. · Other fanciful traits of animals. · view the constellation · filed as B786

Filed across the traditions

India Thompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Other fanciful traits of animals.

Filed beside it

Wild animal miraculously tamed Shipwrecked man repulsed by animals. As he floats to shore animals push him back into water Animals with human emotions Stork is man while hibernating in Egypt Venomous animals Breath of bird withers Animal "drinks apart" mixed liquids. Separates the parts while drinking Sheep sleeps if anyone ties shoe to its ear Swine maddened by smell of oak forest Animal lives in person's stomach Animal wards off spirits Birds mock ascetic's devotions Bats keep fireflies to light their houses Elephants have power of bringing rain Why certain animals are thought of as good or bad

Carried in tale types

The Nightcap Dealer and the Monkeys · ATU 185 1 recorded variant

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