Animals

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• Dogs with eyes like plates, tea-cups, etc. B15.4.3
• Animal with human eyes (transformed man). B15.4.4
• One-eyed pig. B15.4.5
• Animal unusual as to his nose (snout). B15.5
• Horse with fire-breathing nostrils. (Cf. B19.1.) B15.5.1
• Animal with snout of iron. B15.5.2
• Animals with unusual legs or feet. (Cf. B19.1.) B15.6
• One-footed animal. B15.6.0.1
• Three-legged quadrupeds. B15.6.1
• Empousa. Monster with one foot of brass and another of an ass. B15.6.2
• Animals with many legs. B15.6.3
• Six-legged quadruped. B15.6.3.1
• Six-legged horse. B15.6.3.1.1
• Twelve-legged bird. B15.6.3.2
• Seven-legged beast. B15.6.3.3
• Bull with human hands and feet. B15.6.4
• Other animals with unusual limbs or members. (Cf. B20, B142, B92.) B15.7
• Cerberus. The hell hound with three heads, a serpent's tail, and a writhing tangle of snakes from his body. B15.7.1
• Monster three-legged ass. Stands in the ocean. Has three feet, six eyes, nine mouths, two ears, one horn, a white body. Two eyes are in eye position, two on top of his head, two on his hump. He renders powerless by the sharpness of his eyes. He has three mouths in his head, three in his hump, and three in the inner parts of his flanks. Each mouth is the size of a cottage. (Cf. B13, B15.1, B15.2, B15.4.) B15.7.2
• Bird with head of gold and wings of silver. B15.7.3
• Fox with eight-forked tail. B15.7.4
• Ghormuhas: men's bodies, horses' heads, one leg, cannibals. (Cf. B21.) B15.7.5
• Three-tailed turtle. B15.7.6
• Leopard with nine tails. B15.7.7
• Nine-tailed fox. B15.7.7.1
• Boar with nine tusks in each jaw. B15.7.8
• Cow with tallow liver. B15.7.9
• Cow with two bags: one containing a one-legged bird; the other, a twelve-legged bird. B15.7.9.1
• Animal unusual as to skin. B15.7.10
• Animal with horny skin. B15.7.10.1
• Animal with hair of iron pins. B15.7.10.2
• Animal with one head, two bodies, six legs. B15.7.11
• Eel with fiery mane. B15.7.12
• Bird with fiery beak. B15.7.13
• Bird with beak of iron. B15.7.13.1
• Bird with tail of fire. B15.7.14
• Monster with 100 hands, 100 palms on each hand, and 100 nails on each palm. B15.7.15
• Eagle with twelve wings and three heads. B15.7.16
• Devastating animals. B16
• Beasts that destroy vineyards and steal fruit. B16.0.1
• Tormenting beast in man's stomach. B16.0.2
• Man-eating monster (in cave). B16.0.3
• Devastating domestic animals. B16.1
• Monster cat devastates country. B16.1.1
• Monster cat born of a pig. B16.1.1.1
• Cat leaps through man like arrow of fire and burns him to ashes. B16.1.1.2
• Cat devours flesh of man's legs. B16.1.1.3
• Devastating dog (hound). B16.1.2
• Giant devastating hound. B16.1.2.1
• Devastating horse. B16.1.3
• Man-eating mares. B16.1.3.1
• Devastating swine. B16.1.4
• Giant devastating boar. B16.1.4.1
• Giant devastating sow. B16.1.4.2
• Man-eating cattle. B16.1.5
• Monster ox (bull) killed. B16.1.5.1
• Destructive cow possessed by demons. B16.1.5.2
• Devastating bull. B16.1.5.3
• Destructive sheep. B16.1.6
• Devastating supernatural lamb. B16.1.6.1
• Devastating wild animals. B16.2
• Devastating fox. Monthly human sacrifice. B16.2.1
• Devastating tiger. B16.2.2
• Hostile tiger killed. B16.2.2.1
• Giant lion overcome by hero. B16.2.3
• Giant devastating wolf overcome by hero. B16.2.4
• Devastating bear killed. B16.2.5
• Devastating elephant. B16.2.6
• Destructive deer. B16.2.7
• Giant man-eating mice. B16.2.8
• Devastating bison (buffalo). B16.2.9
• Devastating birds. (Cf. B33.) B16.3
• Devastating fish carries off daily victim. B16.4
• Leviathan casts up gorge which spreads disease. B16.4.1
• Leviathan causes cataclysm by striking earth with tail. B16.4.1.1
• Sea-beast: when it belches landward, it causes disease; upward it kills birds; downward, fishes and sea animals. B16.4.1.1.2
• Devastating reptiles. B16.5
• Giant devastating serpent. B16.5.1
• Devastating serpent with fiery breath. B16.5.1.1
• Devastating (man-eating) sea-monster (serpent). B16.5.1.2
• Serpent sucks man's breath (blood). B16.5.1.2.1
• Devastating crocodile. B16.5.2
• Devastating shell-fish. B16.5.3
• Man-devouring turtle. B16.5.4
• Devastating insects. B16.6
• Giant man-eating ants. B16.6.1
• Blood-sucking chafer. B16.6.2
• Fierce black chafer. B16.6.2.1
• Destructive locusts (with wings of iron) eat wheat crop. B16.6.3
• Devastating spider. B16.6.4
• Devastating centipede. B16.6.5
• Hostile animals. B17
• Hostile beasts. B17.1
• Ferocious animals loosed against attackers. B17.1.1
• Hostile dog (hound). B17.1.2
• Bloodhounds decapitate victim. B17.1.2.1
• Hostile hound killed by reaching through hollow log in its jaws – and tearing heart out. B17.1.2.2
• Hero kills hostile hound (monster) by tearing (forcing) out its entrails (heart). B17.1.2.2.1
• Transformed man as hostile dog. B17.1.2.3
• Hostile cattle. B17.1.3
• Hostile horse. B17.1.4
• Infuriated horses kill driver. B17.1.4.1
• Hostile cat. B17.1.5
• Other hostile animals. B17.2
• Hostile sea-beasts. B17.2.1
• Hostile sea-rat. B17.2.1.1
• Hostile eel attacks hero. B17.2.1.2
• Hostile sea-cat. B17.2.1.3
• Hostile griffin. B17.2.2
• Hostile raven. B17.2.3
• Raven plucks out men's eyes. B17.2.3.1
• Hostile scorpion. B17.2.4
• Scorpion scoops out men's eyes. B17.2.4.1
• Behemoth: mythical gigantic animal. B18
• Other mythical beasts. B19
• Brazen-footed, fire-breathing bulls. (Cf. B15.6, B15.5) B19.1
• Nectar-yielding cow. B19.2
• The cow Audhumla. B19.2.1
• Horse born of egg. Mythical hero will come riding on such a horse. B19.3
• Immortal horses. B19.3.1
• Mythical horse belonging to water-spirit. B19.3.2
• Glowing animals. Horses, swine, etc. which glow. (Cf. B15.4.2.) B19.4
• Burrowing swine heat ground. B19.4.1
• Fiery serpent. B19.4.2
• Sheep with fiery collar. B19.4.3
• Hound flame of fire by night. B19.4.4
• Horse with golden mane. B19.5
• Herd which came from heaven. B19.6
• Cows of the sun. (Cf. Odyssey.) B19.6.1
• The goat Heidrun. B19.7
• Mythical antelope. B19.8
• Eternal bats. B19.9
• Mythical tiger. B19.10
• Mythical donkey. B19.11
• Beast-men. Combinations of bestial and human form. B20
• Army of half-animals, half-men. B20.1
• Beast-men in the lower world. B20.2
• Centaur: man-horse. Trunk and head of man, body of horse. B21
• Norse man-horse: "fingalkn" or "fingalp". B21.1
• Body and hands human, head and ears those of a horse. B21.2
• Man with horse's mouth. B21.3
• Man-ass. Body of man, hoofs of ass. B22
• Body of man, head of ass. B22.1
• Ass with human intelligence. B22.2
• Man-bull. B23
• Minotaur. Body of man, head of bull. Result of union of woman with bull. B23.1
• Bull with man's head. B23.2
• Man with (two) horns on his head. B23.3
• Satyr. Combination of man and goat. B24
• Satyr reveals woman's infidelity. B24.1
• Man with goat's head. (Cf. A1614.1.2.) B24.2
• Man-dog. B25
• Man with dog's head. B25.1
• Dog-headed man has mane of horse (cattle). B25.1.1
• Dog-headed people. Peasants persecuted by one-eyed and dog-headed savages. B25.1.2
• Dog with human head. B25.2
• Man-tiger. B26
• Girl with tiger's legs and ears. B26.1
• Man-lion. Man with lion's head. B27
• Man-elephant. Man with elephant's head. B28
• Other combinations of beast and man. B29
• Lamia. Face of woman, body of serpent (or body of sow, and legs of horse). B29.1
• Echidna. Half woman, half serpent. B29.2
• Serpent with human head. B29.2.1
• Man with serpent's head. B29.2.2
• Snake body-woman's head. B29.2.3
• Man-hog. B29.3
• Man-cat. B29.4
• Man with cat's head. B29.4.1
• Man with head and tail of cat. B29.4.1.1
• Man-wolf. B29.5
• Man-elk. B29.6
• Man-bear. B29.7
• Man-hedgehog. Upper half of body like hedgehog. B29.8
• Man-ape. B29.9
• Mythical birds. B30
• Mythical white albatross. B30.1
• Mythical cock. B30.2
• [First Edition: B31. Giant birds.] B31
• Roc. A giant bird which carries off men in its claws. B31.1
• The bird Ziz, Hebrew counterpart of roc. B31.1.0.1
• Roc's egg. B31.1.1
• Roc drops rock on ship. Rock is so large that it destroys ship. B31.1.2
• The Bird Gam. Throws sand in a stream and makes a lake. Appears at turn of century. Also carries men. Leaps into the sea and sleeps. B31.2
• Giant ravens. They sit on mountain; when they fly, avalanche comes. B31.3
• Giant swimming raven. B31.3.1
• Giant bat. B31.4
• Simorg: giant bird. B31.5
• Other giant birds. B31.6
• Giant blackbird. B31.6.1
• Giant bird pulls up oak tree by roots. B31.6.2
• Giant bird alighting on oak tree causes it to tremble. B31.6.2.1
• Phoenix. B32
• Phoenix renews youth. B32.1
• Phoenix renews youth when 1,000 years old. B32.1.1
• Man-eating birds. B33
• Other devastating birds. B33.1
• Devastating birds wither everything with their breath. B33.1.1
• Devastating birds destroy grass. B33.1.2
• Black birds destroy crops. B33.1.3