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B0. Mythical animals. Lum (Peter) Fabulous Beasts (New York, 1951). – Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman.
B1.1. Angels of animals. Each kind of animal has its angel in heaven. Jewish: Neuman.
B7.1. Animals rule celestial spheres. Jewish: Neuman.
B7.2. Mythical animals surround God's throne. Jewish: Neuman.
B7.3. Mythical bird running before the sun bears inscription of golden letters. Jewish: Neuman.
B11. Dragon. **Smith Dragon; *Fb Drager, lindorme, slanger i folkets tro (Særtryk af Naturen og Mennesket, 1894, pp. 164 – 196); *Nyrop Dania II 341ff.; *Róheim Drachen und Drachenkämpfer; *Hdwb. d. Abergl. II 364 ff.; Meyer Germanische Mythologie (1891) 95ff.; **Du Bose The Dragon, Image and Demon (London, 1886); Norlind Skattsägner 44f., 77f., Solheim Register 17; Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn II (1893) 133ff., 176ff., (1928) 119ff. – *Type 300; *BP I 547. – Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 216; Celtic: *Henderson Celtic Dragon Myth (Edinburgh, 1911), *Cross; Lettish: Auning Ueber den lettischen Drachenmythus; Armenian: Ananikian 76ff; Jewish: Neuman; Chinese: Ferguson 101; India: Thompson-Balys; Korean: Zong in-Sob 169, No. 73.
B11.2.12. Dragon of enormous size. Jewish: Bin Gorion Born Judas II 170, 349, Neuman; Irish myth: Cross; African (Fang): Einstein 47.
B11.11. Fight with dragon. *Type 300; *BP I 547; *Smith Dragon 79ff., 104; *Róheim Drachen und Drachenkämpfer; *Norlind Skattsägner 67f., *Liebrecht Zur Volkskunde 70; **von Sydow Sigurds Strid med Fåvne; *Schoepperle Tristan and Isolt I 204 nn. 1, 2; Clouston Pop. Tales and Fictions I 155ff.; *Spence 80; *E. Siecke Drachenkämpfe; Fb "Jörgen" II 67a (St. George and the Dragon). – Germanic: Hdwb. d. Abergl. II 371; Heusler Altnordische Dichtung und Prosa von Jung Sigurd (Sitzungsberichte der Berliner Akad. v. Wissenschaften, 1919, 162 – 195); **H. Sandkühler Der Drachenkampf des heiligen Georg in englischer Legende u. Dichtung vom 14. bis 16. Jahrhundert (Diss. München 1914); *Loomis White Magic 65, 119; Greek: *Frazer Apollodorus 27 no. 4 (Apollo and Python), I 153 n. 1 (Bellerophon and Chimera); Celtic: MacCulloch Celtic 130ff.; Irish myth: Cross; Icel.: *Boberg; Jewish: Neuman, Gaster Thespis 140 ff., 326ff.; Egyptian: Müller 127; Persian: Carnoy 266, 270, 273, 322, *325, 329f.; Hindu: Keith 33 (Indra); India: *Thompson-Balys; Armenian: Ananikian 77; Japanese: Anesaki 228; Chinese: Werner 224, 361, Eberhard FFC CXX 105, 138; Arabian: Burton I 172. – English: Wells Manual of Writings 16 (Guy of Warwick), 115 (Sir Eglamour), 117 (Torrent of Portyngale); Missouri French: Carrière; Africa (Fang): Einstein 44, 47. – Cf. *Olrik Ragnarok 57ff. (fight with giant serpent).
B12. Basilisk. A mythical lizard or serpent whose hissing drives away all other serpents. – *Polívka Zs. f. Vksk. XXVII 46ff.; *Fb "basilisk"; *A Guichot y Sierra El Basilisco (Folklore Español III 9 – 83); *Norlind Skattsägner 46 n. 1; Hdwb. d. Abergl. s.v. "Basilisk"; Köhler-Bolte I 133. – English: Wells Manual of Writings 105 (Prose Alexander); Jewish: Neuman.
B13. Unicorn. (Cf. B15.7.2.) – *Type 1640; *BP I 164; **Odell Shepard The Lore of the Unicorn (London, 1929); **Robert Brown Jr. The Unicorn, a Mythological Investigation (London, 1881); Howey Horse in Magic and Myth 232f.; Hdwb. d. Abergl. s.v. "Einhorn"; Bolte Reise der Sonne Giaffers 212; Icel.: *Boberg; Jewish: Neuman; Chinese: Ferguson 98.
B15.1.2.1. Two-headed animal. U.S.: Baughman; Jewish: Neuman.
B15.3.0.2. One-horned ox. Jewish: Neuman.
B18. Behemoth: mythical gigantic animal. Jewish: Neuman.
B19.4. Glowing animals. Horses, swine, etc. which glow. (Cf. B15.4.2.) – *Wuttke Der deutsche Volksaberglaube der Gegenwart 59; *Hdwb. d. Abergl. s.v. "glühend"; *Fb "gloende". – Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman; Icel.: Boberg.
B19.8. Mythical antelope. Jewish: Neuman.
B19.10. Mythical tiger. Jewish: Neuman.
B19.11. Mythical donkey. Jewish: Neuman.
B20.1. Army of half-animals, half-men. Jewish: Neuman.
B20.2. Beast-men in the lower world. Jewish: Neuman.
B21. Centaur: man-horse. Trunk and head of man, body of horse. – **P. V. C. Baur Centaurs in Ancient Art (Berlin, 1912); *Frazer Apollodorus I 191 n. 3, 261 n. 1; Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 413; Howey Horse in Magic and Myth 225ff.; **Dumézil (G.) Le Probleme des Centaures (Paris, 1929); Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman; Hindu: Penzer I 202.
B22. Man-ass. Body of man, hoofs of ass. – *Chauvin VII 82 No. 373bis, n. I; Jewish: Neuman.
B22.1. Body of man, head of ass. Jewish: Neuman.
B24. Satyr. Combination of man and goat. – Greek: Fox 268; Jewish: Neuman.
B25.1. Man with dog's head. *Chauvin VII 77 No. 121; H. Cordier RTP V 72ff.; Fb "hundetyrk". – Loomis White Magic 114; Irish myth: Cross; Icel.: Boberg; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 72.
B27. Man-lion. Man with lion's head. – Greek: *Grote I 7; Jewish: Neuman; Chauvin VII 87 No. 373bis n. 3.
B29.2.1. Serpent with human head. Jewish: Neuman.
B29.2.2. Man with serpent's head. Jewish: Neuman.
B29.7. Man-bear. Jewish: Neuman.
B29.9. Man-ape. Jewish: Neuman.
B31.1.0.1. The bird Ziz, Hebrew counterpart of roc. Jewish: Neuman.
B32. Phoenix. *Hdwb. d. deutschen Aberglaubens I 180; *Gunkel Das Märchen im alten Testament 36f.; Roscher Lexikon III 3450 s. v. "Phoinix". – Fb "Phoenix". – Medieval Romance: Wells Manual of Writings 105 (Prose Alexander). – Chinese: Ferguson 98, Eberhard FFC CXX 117 No. 73; Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman.
B32.1.1. Phoenix renews youth when 1,000 years old. Jewish: Neuman.
B37. Immortal bird. (cf. B32.) Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman.
B42. Griffin. Half lion, half eagle. – *Chauvin VII 13 No. 313B; *Hdwb. d. Abergl. IIl 1129f.; Penzer I 104, 141 n. 2; Irish myth: Cross; Icel.: *Boberg; Jewish: Neuman.
B43. Winged bull. Spence Myths of Bab. & Assyr. 289f.; India: Thompson-Balys; Jewish: Neuman.
B47. Winged carnel. Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys.
B49.1. Bird with crocodile head. Jewish: Neuman;
B53. Siren. Bird with woman's head. – *Encyclopaedia Britannica s.v. "sirens"; Bolte Zs. f. Vksk. XIX 310 n. 1 (here considered as half fish, half woman); Roscher Lexikon s.v. "Seirenen"; Penzer VI 282 n. 6; *Frazer Apollodorus I 21, II 291 n. 2; *Weicker Der Seelenvogel in d. alten Literatur und Kunst. – Slavic: Machal 260; Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 41 No. 26. – Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "sirène"; Gascon: Bladé II 342 No. 10; Jewish: Neuman.
B61. Leviathan. Giant fish. – Hebrew: Job 41:1, Psalms 104:26, Isaiah 27:1; Jewish: *Neuman. – Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys.
B81. Mermaid. Woman with tail of fish. Lives in sea. – BP III 324; *Fb "havfrue" I, 569, IV 204a; Thien Motive in König Rother 42; Tobler Epiphanie der Seele 98. – Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "poisson". Icel.: *Boberg; Estonian: Hartland Science of Fairy Tales 201; Irish myth: Cross; Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 41 No. 26; Lappish: Qvigstad FFC LX 46 Nos. 58 – 63; North Carolina: Brown Collection I 636; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys.
B82. Merman. Fb "havmand" IV 205a; *Chauvin V 7 No. 3. – Arabian: Burton V 215, VII 254, 264, 270, IX 169 n., 179, 182ff.; Icelandic: Hálfs saga ok Hálfsrekka (ed. Andrews) 82; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 723; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys.
B91.3. Horned snake. Jewish: Neuman; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 357 n. 287f.; (Micmac): Parsons JAFL XXXVIII 95 No. 27; (Cherokee): Alexander N. Am. 68f.; Ladino (Honduras, Nicaragua): Conzemius BBAE CVI 169.
B99.1. Mythical salamander. Jewish: Neuman.
B99.2. Mythical worm. Jewish: Neuman.
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