μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Sacred animals.

Animals. · Miscellaneous animal motifs. · Miscellaneous animal motifs. · view the constellation · filed as B811

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Egyptian Müller 159ff.
  • Icel. Boberg.
Within the index

Filed under Miscellaneous animal motifs.

6 finer motifs beneath it
Sacred horse. (Cf. B802.) Sacred armadillo Sacred animal: cow Sacred cat Sacred swan Sacred fox
Filed beside it
Elephants in folktales Horses in tales and legends. (Cf. B41.1, B41.2, B103, B133, B149.1, B151, B181, B811.1.) Animals try in vain to repair sleigh. They get unsatisfactory materials Long-lived animals Faithful old dog to be killed Immortal animals Wild animals herded Monkeys construct a bridge across the ocean Lions placed in city to prevent entrance Man unharmed in den of animals. (Cf. B771.2.1.) When cow calls her calf, all cattle graze Birds perch on ears of cows Each of grazing herd of cows eats same amount Man and bear in the rick of hay. The bear, persecuted by wolves, runs onto the hay-rick where the man was hidden, and defends himself from the wolves with bunches of hay Animal avenges injury

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