Ferryman puts oar into king's hand and he must remain ferryman

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Ferryman puts oar into king's hand and he must remain ferryman.

Society. · Trades and professions. · Laborers. · view the constellation · filed as P413.1.1

Scholars’ trail — 2references

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.

JapaneseIkeda.
general *Type 461

Within the index

Filed under Eternal ferryman. Always transports passengers and when the ruler is in danger takes his place. (Cf. Q25.)

Carried in tale types

Three Hairs from the Devil's Beard · ATU 4611 recorded variant

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