Animals

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• Fly warns saint against devil hidden in a cup with liquor. B483.1.0.1
• Helpful flea. B483.2
• Helpful insects – lepidoptera. B484
• Helpful caterpillar. B484.1
• Helpful insects – hemiptera. B485
• Helpful insects – orthoptera. B486
• Helpful locusts. B486.1
• Helpful cricket. B486.2
• Helpful insects – miscellaneous. B489
• Helpful spider. [Note: In folk thought, an insect.] B489.1
• Other helpful animals. B490
• Helpful reptile. B491
• Helpful serpent. B491.1
• Helpful lizard. B491.2
• Helpful crocodile. B491.3
• Helpful worm. B491.4
• Helpful centipede. B491.4.1
• Helpful angleworm. B491.4.2
• Helpful turtle (tortoise). B491.5
• Helpful amphibian. B493
• Helpful frog. B493.1
• Helpful toad. B493.2
• Helpful crustacean. B495
• Helpful crab. B495.1
• Helpful lobster. B495.2
• Helpful mythical animal. B498
• Helpful dragon. (Cf. B11.) B498.1
• Magic power from animals. B500
• Animal gives part of body as talisman for summoning its aid. B501
• Buffalo give hero horns for summoning them. B501.1
• Merry horn and angry horn for summoning buffalo. When all is well hero is to blow on merry-horn; when in trouble on angry-horn. B501.1.1
• Kite teaches rhyme by which he may be summoned for help. B501.2
• Animal gives jewel for summoning him when in need of help. B501.3
• Birds give hero feather to burn if he is in difficulty. B501.4
• Magic object received from animal. B505
• Magic object received from animal brother-in-law. B505.1
• Animal tells hero where to find magic object. (Cf. B560.) B505.2
• Magic song received from fish. (Cf. B470.) B505.3
• Healing by animals. B510
• Animal as healer. B511
• Snake as healer. B511.1
• Snake creeps into man's mouth and heals him. B511.1.1
• Snake heals mutilated maiden with magic herbs. B511.1.2
• Helpful hedgehog forces snake to suck out poison from bitten raja. B511.1.3
• Pig as healer. B511.2
• Magic pig heals wound its skin touches. B511.2.1
• Magic pig heals wounds by licking. B511.2.2
• Faithful horse pushes sleep thorn out of its master's head, so that he awakes. B511.3
• Rat cures man of wound. B511.4
• Bird heals man. B511.5
• Vulture cures blindness. B511.5.1
• Medicine shown by animal. It heals another animal with a medicine (herb, water, etc.) and thus shows the man the remedy. Sometimes the medicine resuscitates the dead. (The animal is most frequently the serpent. (Cf. B491.) B512
• Remedy learned from overhearing animal meeting. The hero learns how to cure his own blindness and the sickness of the king (princess). B513
• Animal fetches remedy for man. B514
• Grateful fox fetches fox liver as remedy. B514.1
• Bee fetches balm from heaven to restore hero's speech. B514.2
• Snake gives man antidote for poison. B514.3
• Resuscitation by animals. B515
• Sight restored by animal. B516
• Animals save person's life. (Cf. B540.) B520
• Animal warns of fatal danger. B521
• Animal warns against poison. B521.1
• Horse advises hero not to wash in water (as his false wife told him to) or his eyes will pop out. B521.1.1
• Animal warns man against drinking. B521.1.2
• Animal warns against accident. B521.2
• Eagle saves man from falling wall. The grateful eagle swoops down and takes the man's hat, and thus gets him away from the wall that is about to fall. B521.2.1
• Animals warn against attack. B521.3
• Dogs warn against witch. B521.3.1
• Cackling geese spread alarm. B521.3.2
• Flea's bite alarms king. Robber tells flea of plan to rob king. During the robbery the flea bites and awakens the king. B521.3.3
• Prince awakened by fly on his nose in time to save himself from enemy. B521.3.3.1
• Dog warns of pursuit. B521.3.4
• Owl warns other birds from limed net. B521.3.5
• Animals warn wife of husband's danger. B521.4
• Owl saves man from plunging over cliff. Flaps wings and arrests man's attention. B521.5
• Birds warn of enemy's approach. B521.6
• Animal saves man from death sentence. B522
• Serpent shows condemned man how to save prince's life. Bites the prince and then shows the man the proper remedy (cf. B512). By thus ingratiating himself the man is freed from false accusation. B522.1
• Kite steals jewels and thus saves condemned man. Innocent man in possession of stolen jewels, is about to be apprehended. Kite carries off the jewels and saves him. B522.2
• Woman slandered as adulteress is thrown into lion pit. Lions do not harm her. B522.3
• Eagle carries off condemned child. B522.4
• Circling cranes carry away girl. B522.4.1
• Animal saves man from pursuer. B523
• Spider-web over hole saves fugitive. (Cf. A2221.5.) B523.1
• Whale fights monster pursuing saint. B523.2
• Great clam fights hero's pursuer. B523.3
• Animal overcomes man's adversary. B524
• Animals overcome man's adversary by force. B524.1
• Dogs kill attacking cannibal (dragon). B524.1.1
• Dogs rescue fleeing master from tree refuge. B524.1.2
• Dogs break bonds and kill master's attacker. B524.1.2.1
• Cat kills attacking rat. B524.1.3
• Wolf defends master's child against serpent. B524.1.4
• Dog defends master's child against animal assailant. B524.1.4.1
• Helpful buffaloes tramp hero's enemies to death. B524.1.5
• Helpful buffaloes save hero from tiger. B524.1.5.1
• Helpful bird kills snake attacking master's wife and child. B524.1.6
• Horse kills master's attacking enemies. B524.1.7
• Shut in with elephants, blackbird orders ants to burrow themselves into the elephants' brains. B524.1.8
• Grateful hawk attacks hero's enemies. B524.1.9
• Helpful centipede kills ogre. B524.1.10
• Hero contests with demons, using fighting animals: cock, goat, bull, horse, wild bull, peacock. B524.1.11
• Hero saved from ravaging snake by crab companion. [Inadvertant duplication of B549.5.] B524.1.12
• Animals overcome man's adversary by strategy. B524.2
• Helpful bees (hornets) sting opposing army. B524.2.1
• Saint sends swarm of bees or wasps against enemies. B524.2.1.1
• Helpful snake protects man from attack. B524.3
• Supernatural bird prevents mother from killing babe. B524.4
• Broom, transformed into porcupine, drives away would-be ravisher. B524.5
• Grateful hare raises animal army for hero. B524.6
• Faithful dog kills would-be murderer of sleeping master. B524.7
• Chicken picks out one of attacker's eyes. B524.8
• Animal spares man he is about to devour. B525
• Tiger hides woman from all other tigers. B525.1
• Animal saves man from death by burning. B526
• Helpful animals quench execution fire. Master is to be burned at stake. B526.1
• Helpful mare cools boiling bath for master. Hero is made to bathe in boiling mare's milk. His mare blows on the milk and cools it. B526.2
• Animal saves man from death by drowning. B527
• Fish promises to spare man in coming flood. (Cf. B375.1.) B527.1
• Helpful animal stops leak in Noah's Ark. B527.2
• Owl saves man from drowning: flaps wings to call attention to direction of land. B527.3
• Animal saves person's life – miscellaneous. B529
• Animals (sow, bitch, mare) hide boy in their belly to protect him. B529.1
• Dragon swallows arrow (thunderbolt) intended for hero. B529.2
• Animals nourish men. Provide food, shelter, or other necessities. B530
• Mythical frog as host to woman. B530.1
• Elephants look after ascetic in jungle. B530.2
• Animals provide food for men. B531
• Infants fed by bees. B531.1
• Unusual milking animal. B531.2
• Does, tigresses, she-wolves milked into pond, which becomes a pond of milk. B531.2.1
• Helpful animal recovers magic food-producing skin from river bottom. B531.3
• Helpful animal drops magic food. B531.4
• Birds save man from hunger by pitching themselves to roast in fire he has made. B531.5
• Animal nurse. Animal nourishes abandoned child. B535
• Cow as nurse cares for children. B535.0.1
• Bison as nurse for child. B535.0.1.1
• Bandicoot (large rat) as nurse. Cares for children. B535.0.2
• Goat as nurse for child. B535.0.3
• Dog as nurse for child. B535.0.4
• Abandoned prince grows up in eagle's nest. B535.0.5
• Frog as nurse for child. B535.0.6
• Bird as nurse for child. B535.0.7
• Stork as nurse for child. B535.0.7.1
• Crane as nurse for child. B535.0.7.2
• Tiger as nurse for child. B535.0.8
• She-wolf as nurse for child. B535.0.9
• Sheep and oxen protect exposed child. B535.0.10
• She-wolf cares for baby exposed in the forest. B535.0.11
• Eagle cares for baby while mother works in field. B535.0.12
• Crab as nurse for child. B535.0.13
• Serpent as nurse for child. B535.0.14
• Goat feeds other animals from its body. Permits them to feed from it internally. B535.1
• Animal nurses fight with real parent for children. B535.2
• Helpful animal cares for wounded (sick) master. B536
• Helpful bird cares for blinded master. B536.1
• Animals adopt mysterious housekeeper. B537
• Animals provide shelter. B538
• Bird gives shelter with wings. (Cf. B450.) B538.1
• Wolf-tail blankets. Wolves shelter man with their tails. B538.2
• Animal rescuer or retriever. Rescue person or retrieve lost object. B540
• Birds throw some of their feathers to the hero in danger and he flies off. B540.1
• Helpful horse rescues children. B540.2
• Animal rescues man from sea. B541
• Escape from sea on fish's back. (Cf. B551.) B541.1
• Fish swallows man to rescue him from sea. B541.1.1
• Fox rescues man from sea. B541.2
• Bird rescues man from sea. (Cf. B542, B450.) B541.3
• Dog rescues drowning man. B541.4
• Boat towed by dog. B541.4.1
• Fish rescues ship. (Cf. B470.) B541.5
• Animal carries man through air to safety. B542
• Bird flies with man to safety. B542.1
• Eagle carries man to safety. B542.1.1
• Bat rescues man from height. Bat lets him down in a spider-web basket. B542.1.2
• Measuring worm rescues from a height. B542.1.3
• Escape on flying horse. (Cf. B41.2.) B542.2
• Transportation to fairyland on griffin's back. B542.2.1
• Animal finds stolen person. B543
• Animal helps on quest for vanished wife. B543.0.1
• Bottlefly finds stolen woman in sky. B543.1
• Animal finds stolen goods. B543.2
• Stolen child rescued by animal nurse. (Cf. B535.) B543.3
• Elephant rescues stolen girl. B543.3.1
• Animal rescues captive. B544
• Animals help imprisoned master. B544.1
• Animal rescues from trap (net). B545
• Deer in net freed by friendly animals, a crow, a mouse and a tortoise. B545.1
• Rat (mouse) gnaws net. B545.2
• Animal searches for dead man. B546
• Animal rescues man from dangerous place. B547
• Animal rescues man from well. B547.1
• Raven rescues man from pit. B547.2
• Man falls in hole with horse; buzzards gather; he lassoes a number of buzzards, ties them together, frightens them; all fly at once, carry him from hole. (Tall tale.) B547.2.1
• Centaur rescues man from beast-infested jungle. B547.3
• Frog rescues man from kingdom of the snakes. B547.4
• Animal retrieves lost object. B548
• Animals recover lost wishing ring. Grateful cat, dog, and snake compel mouse to steal it from thief. B548.1
• Martens recover lost magic ring from kite. B548.1.1
• Otters recover lost magic ring from fish. B548.1.2