Bird indicates election of king (pope)

Motif

Bird indicates election of king (pope).

Tests. · Identity tests: Recognition. · Circumstances of recognition. · view the constellation · filed as H171.2

Scholars’ trail — 5references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

India*Thompson-Balys.
general *Type 671
general *BP I 325
general Fb "pave" II 793a
general *Loomis White Magic 66

Within the index

Filed under Animal (object) indicates election of ruler.

Filed beside it

King selected by elephant's bowing to him Horse indicates election of emperor Man before whom riderless car stops chosen king Stone of destiny (Lia Fáil). Roars out under rightful king. (Cf. H71.)Pope selected by chair moving toward candidate

Carried in tale types

The Three Languages · ATU 6711 recorded variant

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