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B39. Other mythical birds.

A878.3.3. Wise eagle in the earth-tree. A878.3.4. Hawk in the earth-tree.

B39.1. Bird from paradise. India: Thompson-Balys.

B40. Bird-beasts. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "ailes".

B11.4.1. Flying dragon. E501.4.1.7. Winged dogs in wild hunt.

B41. Bird-horse.

B41.1. Pegasus. Winged horse. — Greek: Fox 34, 39, 213.

B41.2. Flying horse. Sometimes represented as having wings, sometimes as going through the air by magic. — *Chauvin V 228 No. 130; Fb "hest" IV 211a; BP II 134; *Hdwb. d. deutschen Märchens s.v. "Arabische Motive"; Penzer II 224; Rosch FFC LXXVII 110. — Icel.: MacCulloch Eddic 43 (Sleipnir), 185 (Hofvarpnir). — Arabian: Burton I 160, V 246 n., VI 8, VII 46, 53, S II 85; India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 838, 1358; Indo-Chinese: Scott Indo-Chinese 314.

A171.1. God rides through air on wind-swift horse. A724.1. Charioteer of the sun. Sun drives his horse and chariot across sky. B542.2. Escape on flying horse. B552. Man carried by bird. D1532. Magic object bears person aloft. D1626.1. Artificial flying horse. D2135. Magic air journey. F460.2.2. Mountain folk ride through air on horses.

B41.2.1. Angel horse. Horse draws angels' chariot. — *Howey Horse in Magic and Myth 17ff.

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.

A2232.4. Griffin disdains to go on ark; drowned: hence extinct. B17.2.2. Hostile griffin. B542.2.1. Transportation to fairyland on griffin's back.

B42.1. Hippogriff. Horse with fore-quarters of griffin. — Howey Horse in Magic and Myth 232.

B43. Winged bull. Spence Myths of Bab. & Assyr. 289f.; India: Thompson-Balys; Jewish: Neuman.

B182.4.3. Magic bull.

B43.1. Flying buffalo. India: *Thompson-Balys.

B44. Bird-bear. Icel.: Herrman Saxo II 174ff., *Boberg.

B45. Air-going elephant. Hindu: Tawney I 328, II 540; India: *Thompson-Balys.

B447.11.2. Hero rides on winged elephant. D411.2.1. Transformation: white rat to white-winged elephant. J2133.5.2. Numskull going to heaven holding on tall of divine elephant, loses his hold to make gesture. He and all holding on to him fall.

B46. Vasa Mortis. Bird with four heads, middle like a whale, feathers and feet of a griffin. — Old English: Solomon and Saturnus (Grein-Wülcker) III (2) 58—82, lines 262ff.

B47. Winged carnel. Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys.

B48. Flying crustacean. (Cf. B62, B94.) India: Thompson-Balys.

B49. Bird-beasts — miscellaneous.

B49.1. Bird with crocodile head. Jewish: Neuman;

B49.2. Flying ape. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 235.