B. Animals
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B31.3. Giant ravens. They sit on mountain; when they fly, avalanche comes. — Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 323 No. 139.
B31.3.1. Giant swimming raven. Irish myth: Cross.
B31.4. Giant bat. *Chauvin VII n. 9.
B31.5. Simorg: giant bird. — Chauvin VII 12; Malone PMLA XLIII 404.
B31.6. Other giant birds. Penzer I 104, VI 123 n. — Chinese: Giles Strange Stories of a Chinese Studio (New York, 1927) 547. — Africa (Basuto): Jacottet 222 No. 33.
A284.2. Thunderbird.
B31.6.1. Giant blackbird. Irish myth: Cross.
B172.10. Black birds.
B31.6.2. Giant bird pulls up oak tree by roots. Irish myth: Cross.
F531.3.10. Giants carry trees. F621.2. Trees pulled up by giant.
B31.6.2.1. Giant bird alighting on oak tree causes it to tremble. Irish myth: Cross.
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. Phoenix renews youth. Fb "ørn" III 1183b; Egyptian: Müller 165f.
B32.1.1. Phoenix renews youth when 1,000 years old. Jewish: Neuman.
B33. Man-eating birds. Irish myth: Cross; Greek: Fox 84; S. A. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 72.
B16. Devastating animals.
B33.1. Other devastating birds. Irish myth: Cross.
B33.1.1. Devastating birds wither everything with their breath. Irish myth: Cross.
D1500.4.2. Magic breath causes disease.
B33.1.2. Devastating birds destroy grass. Irish myth: Cross.
F234.1.15. Fairy in form of bird.
B33.1.3. Black birds destroy crops. Irish myth: Cross.
B33.1.4. Devastating birds with poisonous spells on their wings. Irish myth: Cross.
D1273. Magic formula (charm). D2061.1.3. Poisoning by magic.
B34. Bird of dawn. Golden plumage; three feet. — Chinese: Werner 186.
B35. Camrōsh. Giant bird which collects seeds and sees that they are properly placed. Carries off the people's enemies. — Persian: Carnoy 289; Penzer I 103.
B36. Milk-producing bird. Africa (Zulu): Callaway 101; India: Thompson-Balys.
B37. Immortal bird. (cf. B32.) Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman.
