μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Long-lived animals.

Animals. · Miscellaneous animal motifs. · Miscellaneous animal motifs. · view the constellation · filed as B841

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Cited in the index
  • general Frazer Pausanias IV 217
  • general **Wesselski Archiv Orientální IV 1ff.
Within the index

Filed under Miscellaneous animal motifs.

4 finer motifs beneath it
Animals debate as to which is the elder Ages of animals (birds, fish) compared with age of human beings Dog so old his head is skinless Stags live one thousand years
Filed beside it
Elephants in folktales Horses in tales and legends. (Cf. B41.1, B41.2, B103, B133, B149.1, B151, B181, B811.1.) Sacred animals Animals try in vain to repair sleigh. They get unsatisfactory materials 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
Carried in tale types

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