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B49.3. Flying fox. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 235.
B50. Bird-men. Irish myth: Cross.
A132.6.2. Goddess in form of bird. F234.1.15. Fairy in form of bird.
B51. Sphinx. Has face of woman, body and tail of lion, wings of bird. — **Laistner Rätsel der Sphinx; *Frazer Apollodorus I 349 n. 1; **J. Ilberg Die Sphinx in der griechischen Kunst und Saga (Leipzig, 1896); Köhler-Bolte I 115.
B27. Man-lion. C822. Tabu: solving sphinx's riddle. H541.1.1. Sphinx propounds riddle on pain of death. H761. Riddle of the sphinx.
B52. Harpy. Bird with arms and breasts of woman. — Greek: Fox 111, *Grote I 216f.; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 564.
B53. Siren. Bird with woman's head. — *Encyclopaedia Britannica s.v. "sirens"; Bolte Zs. f. Vksk. XIX 310 n. 1 (here considered as half fish, half woman); Roscher Lexikon s.v. "Seirenen"; Penzer VI 282 n. 6; *Frazer Apollodorus I 21, II 291 n. 2; *Weicker Der Seelenvogel in d. alten Literatur und Kunst. — Slavic: Machal 260; Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 41 No. 26. — Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "sirène"; Gascon: Bladé II 342 No. 10; Jewish: Neuman.
D1275. Magic song. D1355.1.1. Love-producing song. F302.3.1. Fairy entices man into fairyland. J672.1. Ears stopped with wax to avoid enchanting song. Odysseus and the Sirens.
B53.0.1. Siren in mermaid form. Irish myth: Cross.
B81. Mermaid. F302.3.1. Fairy entices man into fairyland. J672.1. Ears stopped with wax to avoid enchanting song. Odysseus and the Sirens.
B53.1. Drowning man rescued by siren. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s. v. "noyé".
N810. Supernatural helpers.
B53.2. Man suckled by siren. Dickson Valentine and Orson 110 n. 26, 112.
T611. Suckling of children.
B53.3. Gold thrown on shore by siren. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s. v. "or".
B53.4. Siren's song causes sleep. Irish myth: Cross.
B55. Man with bird's head. Chauvin VII 77 No. 121.
B56. Garuda-bird. Lower part man, upper part bird. — *Penzer I 103, VII 56 n. X 159; Chauvin V 228, VII 12. — Siberian: Holmberg Siberian 345. — Indonesian: Dixon 224. — Panchatantra (trans. Ryder) 94ff.; Penzer-Tawney X 159 "Garuda".
B57. "Finngálkn", bird with a man's head. Icel.: *Boberg.
B60. Mythical fish. India: *Thompson-Balys.
B11.2.1.3. Dragon as modified fish. B17.2.1. Hostile sea-beasts. B91.5. Sea-serpent. B175. Magic fish. B872. Giant fish. G308. Sea- (lake-) monster.
B60.1. Parent of all fishes. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 24.
B61. Leviathan. Giant fish. — Hebrew: Job 41:1, Psalms 104:26, Isaiah 27:1; Jewish: *Neuman. — Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys.
A876.1. The Leviathan that surrounds the globe. A1145.2. Earthquakes from movements from sea monster. B16.4.1. Leviathan casts up gorge which spreads disease. F911.4. Jonah. X1723. Lies about swallowing.
B62. Flying fish. Irish myth: Cross.
