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Prevuius group

Group No. 36


Letter

B. Animals

Group No.

B400 – B499

Group name

Kinds of helpful animals

Description

B411.6. Helpful steer. Jewish: Neuman.
 
B413. Helpful goat. Type 510; Cox 473f. n. 2. – Irish myth: Cross, Beal XXI325; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "chevre", "animaux"; Missouri French: Carrière; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 294 No. 9, 298 No. 13, 325 No. 4. – Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys. – Africa (Angola): Chatelain 53 No. 2, (Benga): Nassau 202 No. 32.
 
B421. Helpful dog. (Cf. B524.1.1, B268.2.1. War-dogs.) *Types 300, 400, 560; *BP II 455ff., I 331, 547; *Emeneau "The Faithful Dog as Security for a Debt," Journal of the American Oriental Society LXI 1 – 17; *Hartland Perseus III 191ff.; *Aarne MSFO XXV 48; *Dh IV 147ff. – Fable: Halm Aesop No. 173; *BP III 290; Wienert FFC LVI *70 (ET 347), 127 (ST 358). – Irish myth: Cross; Icel.: *Boberg. – Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "chien", "mort", "nourriture"; *Fb "hund" IV 226b; Alphabet of Tales No. 271. – English: Wells Manual of Writings 121 (Sir Triamour); Scotch: Campbell I 7; French Canadian: *Barbeau JAFL XXIX 15, 20; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 48 No. 327; Jamaican: Beckwith MAFLS XVII 270 No. 82. – Jewish: Neuman. India: *Thompson-Balys. – Japanese: Anesaki 322, Ikeda; Korean: Zong in-Sob 93 No. 51. – Africa (Zulu): Callaway 51, 142, (Basuto): Jacottet 56 No. 9, 140 No. 20, (Kaffir): Kidd 226 No. 1, Theal 126, (Benga): Nassau 140 No. 16, (Angola): Chatelain 127 No. 12; N. A. Indian (Thompson River): Teit JAFL XXIX 304 (Type 403). See references in B524.1.
 
B431.2. Helpful lion. (Cf. B549.1.) – *Type 156 (see all references for B381), *Type 590; *BP III 1 (Gr. No. 121); *Fb "love" II 518b; Dickson Valentine and Orson 107 n. 17, 118 n. 51. – Icel.: Boberg. – Irish myth: Cross; English: Wells 66 (Ywain and Gawain), 118f. (Octavian). – *Hibbard 271 n. 3. – Spanish Exempla: Keller. – Italian Novella: Rotunda. – Saintyves Saints Successeurs 252. – French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule; Missouri French: Carrière. – Jewish: Neuman. – India: *Thompson-Balys. – Africa (Gold Coast): Barker and Sinclair 131 No. 24, (Zanzibar): Bateman 82 No. 6.
 
B433.2. Helpful badger. Jewish: Neuman; Japanese: Mitford 270ff.
 
B435.1. Helpful fox. *Types 506, 545, 550; *BP I 331, 503, III 487, 490ff.; Hdwb. d. Abergl. IIl 179. – Sébillot RTP III 394; *Fb "höj" I 741, "ræv" III 113b. – Irish myth: Cross; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "animaux". – Missouri French: Carrière; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. – Chinese: Werner 380f., Krappe CFQ III (1944) 126, Eberhard FFC CXX 29 No. 17. – Japanese: Mitford 261ff. – N. A. Indian: Thompson Tales 342 n. 233. – Africa (Tonga): Gifford 123.
 
B435.3. Helpful wolf. *Type 428; *Fb "ulv" IV 971a. – English: Wells Manual of Writings 20 (William of Palerne) (werwolf). – Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "animaux". – Irish myth: Cross. – Italian Novella: Rotunda. – Jewish: Neuman. – Missouri-French: Carrière. – See also references for B535.
 
B435.4. Helpful bear. *Fb "Bjørn" IV 42a, 43a. – Italian Novella: Rotunda; Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Missouri-French: Carrière.
 
B437.2. Helpful mouse. *Type 75, cf. Type 560. – Jewish: Neuman; Penzer V 79 n. 2. – India: *Thompson-Balys, Bødker Exempler 290 Nos 45, 46; Italian Novella: Rotunda; Missouri-French: Carrière. – Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 268. – Africa (Kaffir): Theal 85, Kidd 230 No. 2, (Basuto): Jacottet 190 No. 28.
 
B441.1. Helpful monkey. Penzer IX 47 n. 1; BP I 331. – Jewish: Neuman. – India: *Thompson-Balys; Indonesian: DeVries' List No. 180. – Chile: Pino Saavedra 402, 404.
 
B443.1. Helpful deer (stag, doe). *Fb "hjort", "hind". – Irish myth: Cross; Saints' legend (Irish): Plummer cxlii – cxliv. – Jewish: Neuman. – India: *Thompson-Balys. – Korean: Zong in-Sob 22 No. 11. – Africa (Angola): Chatelain 159 No. 19.
 
B450. Helpful birds. *Köhler-Bolte I 185, 277; *Type 781; *Chauvin II 109 No. 73, V 242 No. 142; *Basset 1001 Contes III 295; *Fb "fugl"; Wesselski Märchen 231. – Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 101; Irish myth: Cross; English: Child Eng.-Scot. Pop. Ballads II 113 n., 356ff., 362f., 365f., III 4, 8; IV 412, 482, 485f.; V 234. – Italian Novella: Rotunda; Missouri French: Carrière. – Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda. – Indonesian: DeVries' List No. 209. – Mono-Alu: Wheeler 20, 36, 46, 60f. – Papua: Ker 41, 45, 57, 64, 103. – New Hebrides: Codrington No. III 8. N. A. Indian (Pawnee): Alexander N. Am. 81. – Africa (Benga): Nassau 140 No. 16, (Ekoi): Talbot 233, (Angola): Chatelain 145 No. 14, (Kaffir): Theal 37, 47, 127, (Swahili): Steere 199, (Basuto): Jacottet 104 No. 15.
 
B451.5. Helpful raven. *Fb "ravn" III 23a; *Zingerle Sagen aus Tirol 588. – Irish: MacCulloch Celtic 36; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Bødker Exempler 290 Nos. 45, 46; Jewish: Neuman. – Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 53.
 
B455.3. Helpful eagle. See references in B322.1. – *Fb "fjer", "ørn" IV 1183b; Köhler-Bolte I 545, 560, *561; Reinhard PMLA XXXVIII 433 nn. 24, 26; Gaster Exempla 186 No. 5; Fables: Halm Aesop Nos. 92, 120, Babrius No. 144, Wienert FFC LVI 70 (ET 338, 339), 127 (ST 353). – Irish myth: Cross; Greek: Fox 118; Finnish: Kalevala rune 7; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "oiseau", "nid". – Missouri French: Carrière; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. – German New Guinea: Dixon 141f.; Africa (Vai): Ellis 242 No. 49.
 
B457.1. Helpful dove. (Cf. B362.) – Fable: Halm Aesop No. 296, Wienert FFC LVI 59 (ET 201), 127 (ST 356); Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "talisman". – Missouri-French: Carrière; Italian Novella: Rotunda. – Jewish: Neuman; Irish myth: Cross; India: *Thompson-Balys.
 
B457.2. Helpful pigeon. Jewish: Neuman.
 
B469.5. Helpful cock. *Type 670; *Aarne FFC XV 49ff.; Missouri-French: Carrière; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. – Africa (Fjort): Dennett 105 No. 29.
 
B469.5.1. Helpful chicken. Jewish: Neuman.
 
B473. Helpful dolphin. *Chauvin V 4 No. 2; *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 868. – Jewish: Neuman; Greek: Fox 101.
 
B480. Helpful insects. India: *Thompson-Balys; Jewish: Neuman; Chinese: Graham.
 
B481.3. Helpful bee. *Fb "bi" IV 36b. – Finnish: Kalevala rune 15; Italian Novella: Rotunda; Jewish: Neuman; Japanese: Ikeda, Anesaki 323.
 
B481.4. Helpful wasp. *Type 559; Jewish: Neuman; Africa (Madagascar): Sibree FLJ I (1883) 45ff.
 
B481.5. Helpful hornet. Type 559; Jewish: Neuman; N. A. Indian (Micmac): Rand 42 No. 6.
 
B491.1. Helpful serpent. *Types 612, 670, 672, 673; *BP I 128, 131, II 463; Dh I 276ff. (cf. A2145.2), IV 147ff. (Type 560); *Fb "hugorm" I 666; "snog" III 436b, "blad" IV 44a; *Chauvin II 106 No. 71, VII 25 No. 373F n. 5; Köhler-Bolte I 440; *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 648; *Ward Catalogue of Romances III 208; Oesterley Gesta Romanorum No. 141; *Warnke Quellen des Esope der Marie de France 221 ff.; Dickson Valentine and Orson 53; *Penzer I 101 n. 1. – Italian Novella: Rotunda; Missouri-French: Carrière. – Greek: *Frazer Apollodorus I 86 n. 2, 312 n. 2; Jewish: Neuman; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 305 No. 3; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 132 No. 78; Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 46 No. 78. – Burmese: Scott Indo-Chinese Myth. 274; Indonesian: DeVries Volksverhalen I No. 67. – Sumatran: Dixonl63; India: *Thompson-Balys; Korean: Zong in-Sob 95, No. 52. – Africa (Gold Coast): Barker and Sinclair 163 No. 32, (Zanzibar): Bateman 222 No. 10, (Benga): Nassau 208 No. 33.
 
B491.4. Helpful worm. Chinese, Persian: Coyajee JPASB XXIV 197f.; Jewish: Neuman.
 
B493.1. Helpful frog. *Type 402, 440, 670B*; *BP I 1ff. (Gr. No. 1), II 30ff. (Gr. No. 63). – Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys: Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 30, 180. – Chile: Pino Saavedra 405. – Africa (Zulu): Callaway 241, (Ba Ronga): Einstein 288, (Basuto): Jacottet 202 No. 30.

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