Captured animals avenge themselves — Mythoi

Motif

Captured animals avenge themselves.

Rewards and punishments. · Deeds punished. · Deeds punished – miscellaneous. · view the constellation · filed as Q385

Attested across traditions

North American Indigenous Tales of the North American Indians , Tale 39 receipt

Filed across the traditions

N. Am. Indian *Thompson Tales 313 n. 126a.

Within the index

Filed under Deeds punished – miscellaneous.

Filed beside it

Punishment for gambling. (Cf. N0, Q433.8.) Dancing punished Jesting punished Freemasonry punished Punishment for singing worldly songs. (Cf. Q411.10.1.) Punishment of evil magician who has caused plague Evil speech punished Uxoriousness punished Disrespect punished

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Sun father-in-law Animal bribed with food. (Sop to Cerberus.) Animal as guard of person or house Guardian animals evaded Transformation: man to feather Protean beggar: Person assumes successive forms in order to beg Transformation combat. Fight between contestants who strive to outdo each other in successive transformations Transformation to reach difficult place Transformation to escape difficult situation Transformation to receive food Burning magically evaded. (Cf. D1656.) Resuscitation by arrangement of members. Parts of a dismembered corpse are brought together and resuscitation follows. (Sometimes combined with other methods.)

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