Helpful genie (spirit)

Motif

Helpful genie (spirit).

Chance and fate. · Helpers. · Supernatural helpers. · view the constellation · filed as N813

Scholars’ trail — 13references

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
Buddhist mythMalalasekera II 1302
ChineseEberhard FFC CXX 182
Philippine (Tinguian)Cole 67, 140, 142
SamoaBeckwith Myth 438, 442
Easter IslandMétraux Ethnology 319, 369, 375
TuamotuStimson MS (z-G. 3/1007, 13/174, 221), Henry Ancient Tahiti (Honolulu, 1928) 520f., Beckwith Myth 450
Africa (Fang)Tessman 194.
general *Types 561, 562
general *Aarne MSFO XXV 3–82
general *BP II 535ff., 547ff.
general *Fischer-Bolte 215. – Missouri French: Carrière
general S. Am. Indian (Mura): Métraux MAFLS XL 36

Within the index

Filed under Supernatural helpers.

Filed beside it

Invisible guardians Helper's beard and eyebrows cut. Only after hero has performed this service is help forthcoming Hero's divine father as helper Supernatural helper comes from sky Supernatural person disguised as servant as helper Saint disguised (as poor man) as helper Supernatural godfather. A king chooses as the godfather of his son the first man he meets. The godfather proves to be supernatural Giant or ogre as helper Helpful angel Fairy as helper Santa Claus as bringer of Christmas gifts Deity as helper Sky as helper Supernatural helpers – miscellaneous

Carried in tale types

The Spirit in the Blue Light · ATU 5624 recorded variants

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