Girl as helper — Mythoi

Motif

Girl as helper.

Chance and fate. · Helpers. · Human helpers. · view the constellation · filed as N831

Attested across traditions

North American Indigenous Tales of the North American Indians , Tale 54 receipt

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Hawaiian Legends of Maui and Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes , 31 HOW HIIAKA FOUND WAHINE-OMAO

Filed across the traditions

Missouri French Carrière
India *Thompson-Balys.
general Types 311, 313
general Dickson 52f.
general Tobler Epiphanie der Seele 71

Within the index

Filed under Human helpers.

1 finer motif beneath it

Mysterious housekeeper. Men find their house mysteriously put in order. Discover that it is done by a girl (frequently an animal transformed into a girl)

Filed beside it

Help from little man Lame boy (girl) as helper Old person as helper Help from beggar. (Cf. N825.3.1.) Child as helper. (Cf. N832.) Wise woman as helper Boy as helper. (Cf. N827) Wealthy (powerful) man as helper King as helper Queen as helper Hero (culture hero) as helper Shepherd as helper Cook as helper Hermit as helper Dervish as helper Magician as helper

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Tabu: loss of chastity. Hero loses power with loss of chastity Nuptial tabu. Man and wife forbidden intercourse for definite time Miscellaneous forms of transformation Magic pastry (bread, cake, etc.) Extraordinary club. (Cf. F531.4.5.4.) Infant picks out his unknown father Succession of helpers on quest. One helper sends to another, who sends to another, etc. (Cf. H1241.)

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