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Group No. 40


Letter

B. Animals

Group No.

B800 – B899

Group name

Miscellaneous animal motifs

Description

B811.3.2. Sacred bull. Jewish: Neuman.
 
B843. Immortal animals. Jewish: Neuman.
 
B843.2. Immortal donkey. Jewish: Neuman.
 
B848. Man unharmed in den of animals (Cf. B771.2.1.) – Type 403; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Jewish: *Neuman.
 
B873.2. Giant scorpion. *Chauvin VII 86 No. 373bis.; Jewish: *Neuman.
 
B873.4. Giant ant. Jewish: Neuman.
 
B874. Giant fish. *Chauvin VII 8 No. 373A n. 2; *Reinhard PMLA XXXVIII 447 n. 81; Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 40, 269f., 1014, II 29; Japanese: Ikeda. – Eskimo (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 78, (Central Eskimo): Boas RBAE VI 640, (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 539.
 
B875.1. Giant serpent. *Chauvin VII 10 No. 373B n. 2; Jātaka Index s.v. "Nāga". – Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 216f.; Norwegian: Solheim Register 17; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Werner 181; Irish myth: Cross; Missouri-French: Carrière; Jewish: Neuman; Japanese: Ikeda. – Eskimo (Greenland): Thalbitzer 5; Tonga: Gifford 178; Ladino: Conzemius BBAE CVI 169. – S. A. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 57, 59, 71.
 
B875.2. Giant crocodile. *Chauvin VII 86 No. 373bis n. 8; Jewish: *Neuman; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 480. – Africa (Fang): Einstein 36f., Trilles 158.
 
B875.4. Giant tortoise. Jewish: Neuman; Africa (Zulu): Callaway 339.
 
B876.1. Giant frog. Jewish: *Neuman.
 
B877.2. Gigantic animal ("reem"). Jewish: *Neuman.

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