Automatic hen and chickens of gold

Motif

Automatic hen and chickens of gold.

Magic. · Magic objects. · Characteristics of magic objects. · Automatic magic objects. · Magic automata. · view the constellation · filed as D1620.2.2

Cited in the index

general Jones PMLA XXIII 563. Italian: Basile introduction.

Within the index

Filed under Automatic statue of animal.

1 finer motif beneath it

Silver cock, sitting on a flower, crows

Filed beside it

Automatic statue of horse. (Cf. D1626.1.) Deer of gold and jewels possessing life Automatic statue of lion Automatic figures on harp – birds, serpents, hounds Automatic metal (jewel) fish Plough of gold and yoke of gold and pair of bullocks used by hero tills as much land as lies within a village boundary in one day Automatic statue of dog Automatic brazen serpent

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