Animal sold as messenger — Mythoi

Motif

Animal sold as messenger.

Deceptions. · Deceptive bargains. · Sale of worthless articles. · Sale of worthless animals. · view the constellation · filed as K131

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Within the index

Filed under Sale of worthless animals.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Rabbit sold as letter-carrier. Alleged to be a swift deliverer of letters Bird sold as messenger

Filed beside it

Wolf sold as a goat (sheep)Wild animal sold as watch-dog Deceptive horse-sale Pseudo-magic animals sold Sale of dead buffalo by making him seem alive Alleged speaking animal sold Other worthless animals sold

Travels with

Bird as letter carrier. (Cf. K131.)