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B200. Animals with human traits. See in general the literature dealing with fables, with the Romance of Reynard, with the bear-fox cycle of Europe, with the rabbit fox cycle of America, etc. – Irish myth: Cross Fables: Wienert FFC LVI; Hervieux Les Fabulistes latins; Jacobs The Fables of Aesop; Jewish: Neuman; Reynard the Fox: Graf FFC XXXVIII; Bear-fox cycle: Krohn Bär (Wolf) und Fuchs JSFO VI; Dh IV; Rabbit-fox cycle: Parsons MAFLS XV (1) notes; Beckwith MAFLS XVII notes. See also Panchatantra. – Marquesas: Handy 79; S. A. Indian (Warrau): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 146, (Chiriguano): ibid. 161, 179.
B211.1.3.1. Speaking ass. Type 534*. – Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "áne"; Jewish: Neuman.
B211.1.5.5. Speaking calf. Jewish: Neuman.
B211.2.4. Speaking wolf. Irish myth: Cross (B211.25); German: Grimm Nos. 8, 26, 37, 60; Jewish: Neuman.
B211.2.5. Speaking fox. German: Grimm Nos. 8, 57, 60, 191; Jewish: Neuman.
B211.3. Speaking bird. Type 516; *Cox 527 – 9; Penzer I 48; Dickson Valentine and Orson 51 n. 60; Tobler Epiphanie der Seele 53; *Fb "fugl"; Krappe Hispanic Review I (1933) 67ff.; Irish myth: Cross; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "oiseau". – Arabian: Burton III 126n, 129ff., SV 300; Bloomfield On Talking Birds in Hindu Fiction (Festschrift für Ernst Windisch) 349ff.; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham; Missouri-French: Carrière; Jewish: Neuman; Africa: Bouveignes 109, (Upoto): Einstein 137, (Duala): Lederbogen V 139. – Cf. Type 720 (BP I 412).
B211.3.2. Speaking cock. Fb "kok" II 248b.; Missouri-French: Carrière; Jewish: Neuman.
B211.3.2.1. Speaking chicken. Jewish: Neuman.
B211.3.5. Speaking dove. Greek: Grote I 355; India: Thompson-Balys; Jewish: Neuman; S. A. Indian (Chiriguano): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 181; Africa (Ba Ronga): Einstein 25.
B211.3.6. Speaking raven. Jewish: Neuman.
B211.3.8. Speaking vulture. Jewish: Neuman.
B211.5. Speaking fish. *Type 303. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "poisson"; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Missouri-French: Carrière; Africa (Duala): Lederbogen VI 92.
B211.6.1. Speaking snake (serpent). Loomis White Magic 63; Tobler Epiphanie der Seele 55. Cf. Satan in the Garden of Eden. – Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Missouri- French: Carrière (B211.14).
B212.0.1. All kinds of animals understand the language of heaven. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman.
B212.0.2. First animals knew human language. Jewish: Neuman.
B214.1.1. Singing cow. Jewish: Neuman.
B214.1.3. Singing cat. Jewish: Neuman.
B214.1.5. Singing lion. Jewish: Neuman.
B214.1.6. Singing fox. Jewish: Neuman.
B214.1.7. Singing frog. Jewish: Neuman.
B214.1.9. Singing mouse. Jewish: Neuman.
B215.1. Bird language. *Types 517, 671, 781; *BP I 322; Cox 497 n. 32; *W. Seelman "Die Vogelsprachen (Vogelparlamente) der mittelalterlichen Literatur" Jahrh. d. Vereins f. niederdeutsche Sprachforschung XIV 102f; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 86 n. 2 (Melampus); Icel.: Volsungasaga p. 45, cf. von Sydow Favne; Flemish: DeMeyer FFC XXXVII 87 No. 90a; Jewish: Neuman; Hindu: Penzer *II 107, IV 145; India: *Thompson-Balys.
B216. Knowledge of animal languages. Person understands them. – *Types 517, 670, 671; *Toldo Studien zur vgl. Littgsch. VIII 18; *BP I 321; Köhler-Bolte I 145, II 340; *Grunwald Hessische Blätter f. Vksk. LXI 316; Icel.: Boberg; Irish myth: Cross; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "langage"; Hindu: Penzer I 107 n. 1, VII 3 n. 2; India: *Thompson-Balys; Jewish: Neuman; Korean: Zong in-Sob 101 No. 55; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 68, 153, 412; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 16 No. 8; Buriat: Holmberg Siberian 427. – Africa (Benga): Nassau 227 No. 34.
B217. Animal language learned. *Types 517, 670, 671, 672, 673, 670B*, 671*, BP I 132; **Aarne FFC XV; *Frazer "The Language of Animals" Archeological Review I (1888) 166 ff.; *Chauvin VIII 49 No. 17; Cox 496 n. 32. – Wesselski Morlini 314 No. 71; Gaster Exempla 248 No. 352; Wesselski Märchen 221 No. 35; Icel.: Boberg; Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham.
B217.8. Language of animals learned by Adam from Eve. Jewish: Neuman.
B224.1. Kingdom of ants. Chauvin VII 40 No. 153 n. 3; Jewish: Neuman.
B226.2. Community of frogs. Jewish: Neuman.
B239.1. Election of fox as mediator to appease angry lion. Jewish: Neuman.
B240. King of animals. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "roi", "bêtes"; Fb "konge" II 265a; Jātaka Index s.v. "king"; India: Thompson-Balys; Jewish: Neuman.
B240.4. Lion as king of animals. (Cf. K961, K962, K1632.) – Wienert FFC LVI 47; Benfey Panchatantra I 91, 230; Bedker Exempler 277 No. 17, 303 No. 74; Jewish: Neuman; Graf FFC XXXVII passim; India: *Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda.
B242.1.10. Ziz as king of birds. Jewish: Neuman.
B250. Religious animals. Günter Christliche Legende des Abendlandes 80ff.; Irish myth: Cross; Panchatantra (tr. Ryder) 334; Jewish: Neuman.
B251.2.12. Birds take part at saint's funeral. Jewish: Neuman.
B251.3. Animals sing songs of praise. Jewish: Neuman (cow, cat, lion, mouse, cock, vulture, fish, frog); Irish myth: Cross.
B251.4. Animals pray. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman.
B251.7.1. Wolf swears by God. Jewish: Neuman.
B251.8.1. Singing of birds ceases at time of revelation. Jewish: Neuman.
B251.9. Animals make religious responses. Jewish: Neuman.
B255. Miracle wrought for animal. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman.
B259.1. Ass insists upon payment of tithes. When stolen by thieves, the ass refuses to eat for three days because the thieves' provender has not been tithed. – Hebrew: Gaster Exempla 228 No. 235; Jewish: Neuman.
B259.2. Sabbath-keeping cow. Refuses to work on Sabbath. – Jewish: Bin Gorion Born Judas² II 92, *342; Jewish: Neuman.
B263.5.1. War between birds and eagle. Jewish: Neuman.
B263.7. War between serpents and storks. Jewish: Neuman.
B263.8. War between lion and other animals. Jewish: Neuman.
B264. Single combat between animals. Wienert FFC LVI 48. – Indonesia: DeVries's list No. 116. – Icel.: *Boberg; Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman.
B267.1. Alliance of dog and wolf. Jewish: Neuman.
B267.2. Alliance of sheep and dog. Jewish: Neuman.
B267.3. Alliance of raven and crow. Jewish: Neuman.
B267.4. Alliance of cock and seafowl. Jewish: Neuman.
B268.5.1. Army of quails. Jewish: Neuman.
B268.7.1. Army of snakes and scorpions. Jewish: Neuman.
B268.8.1. Army of hornets. Jewish: Neuman.
B268.8.2. Army of locusts. Jewish: Neuman.
B268.8.3. Army of wasps. Jewish: Neuman.
B270. Animals in legal relations. **Cabanès Les animaux en justice (L'indiscretions de l'histoire, 5e serie, procedures singulières, Paris, 1920), **Lossouarn Les animaux en justice aux temps jadis (Bordeaux, 1905). – Spanish Exempla: Keller; Bødker Exempler 289 No. 40, 294 No. 55.; Jewish: Neuman.
B275. Animal punished. Wesselski Nasreddin I 208 No. 11, II 186 No. 356. – *Von Amira Tierstrafen und Tierprozesse (Innsbruck, 1891); Jewish: Neuman.
B275.1. Animal executed for crime. *Frazer Old Testament III 415 – 445; *Wesselski Märchen 231; **Evans The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals (New York, 1906); Grimm Rechtsaltertümer II 235; Sébillot France III 27; Wilken Verspreide Geschriften IV 181ff.; Jewish: Neuman.
B279.2. Attitudes of animals toward oath. Jewish: Neuman.
B291.1.8. Vulture as messenger. Africa (Upoto): Einstein 144; Jewish: Neuman.
B291.1.9. Eagle as messenger. Africa (Upoto): Einstein 144; Jewish: Neuman.
B291.1.12. Pigeon as messenger. Jewish: Neuman.
B292. Animal as servant to man. Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Werner 263; Japanese: Ikeda.
B292.0.2. Animals leave wicked and go to pious master. Jewish: Neuman.
B292.2.3. Lion as domestic servant. Jewish: Neuman.
B292.13. Ass as tollkeeper. Jewish: Neuman.
B293.0.1. Animals dance for king. Jewish: Neuman.
B296. Animals go a-journeying. *Types 130, 210; **Aarne FFC XI Die Tiere auf der Wanderschaft; BP I 75, 135,237; Fb "væder" III 1106b, *"tyr" III 908 ab. – Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda; Indonesian, Japanese: Dixon *203 n. 41.; Missouri French: Carrière. – Africa (Tonga): Gifford 206. – Cf. N. A. Indian: Thompson Tales 302 n. 108.
B299.7. Festival of animals. Jewish: Neuman; S. A. Indian (Tenetehara): Wagley-Galvão BBAE CXLIII (3) 148.
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