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B63. Mythical octopus. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 22; Marquesas: Handy 74.
B64. Mythical eel. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 102f.
B65. Mythical shark. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 128—132.
B68. Horned water-monster. S. A. Indian (Chaco): Beliaeff BBAE CXLIII (1) 379.
B70. Fish-beasts. *Loomis White Magic 64f.
B17.2.1. Hostile sea-rat. F420.1.2. Water-spirit in animal form. F713.3. Lake-monster turning over causes lake to overflow surrounding mountains.
B71. Sea horse. Horse living in sea. — *Chauvin VII 7 No. 373a n. 1; *Howey Horse in Magic and Myth 133ff.; Tobler Epiphanie der Seele 97. — Irish myth: Cross; Scotch: MacDougall and Calder 309ff.; Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 42 No. 31. — Chinese: Ferguson 30.
A171.0.1. God drives chariot over waves. B401.1. Helpful water-horse. B611.3.1. Sea-horse paramour. F241.1. Fairies' horses.
B72. Sea cow. Cow living in sea. — Irish myth: Cross. — Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 42 No. 32; Danish: Kristensen Danske Sagn (1893) 153ff., (1928) 105ff.; India: Thompson-Balys.
B184.2.2.2. Magic cow from water world.
B72.1. Three sea-cows: one red, one white, one black. Irish myth: Cross.
F421.2. Fairies' cows. Z65.1.1. Red as blood, white as snow, black as raven.
B73. Sea-cat. Irish myth: Cross.
B80. Fish-men. Tobler Epiphanie der Seele 98.
B53. Sirens.
B80.1. Seal-man. Irish myth: Cross.
B80.2. Monster half-man, half-fish. S. A. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 30.
B81. Mermaid. Woman with tail of fish. Lives in sea. — BP III 324; *Fb "havfrue" I, 569, IV 204a; Thien Motive in König Rother 42; Tobler Epiphanie der Seele 98. — Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "poisson". Icel.: *Boberg; Estonian: Hartland Science of Fairy Tales 201; Irish myth: Cross; Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 41 No. 26; Lappish: Qvigstad FFC LX 46 Nos. 58—63; North Carolina: Brown Collection I 636; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys.
B53.0.1. Siren in mermaid form. D361.1. Swan maiden. D1410.4. Possession of mermaid's belt gives power over her. D1719.7. Magic power of mermaid. D1812.5.1.9. Sight of mermaid bad omen. F423. Sea-spirits. F611.2.2. Strong hero suckled by mermaid. R137. Mermaid rescues heroine, who has been thrown overboard. S214. Child promised to mermaid.
B81.0.1. Mermaids are like fishes in the water, like men on land. Icel.: Boberg.
B81.0.2. Woman from water world. Irish myth: Cross.
F212. Fairyland under water.
B81.1. Mermaids from Pharoah's children. They were drowned in the Red Sea. — Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 41 No. 27.
E600. Reincarnation.
B81.2. Mermaid marries man. Fb "havfrue" IV 204a. — Krappe Archiv für das Studium der neueren Sprachen 159 (1931) 161—175; Irish
