B. Animals
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B244.1.3. Gigantic hood of serpent king. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 796.
B244.1.4. Four royal families of snakes. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 231.
B244.2. Naga-king. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 694.
B244.3. King of lizards. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 657.
B245. King of amphibians.
B245.1. King of frogs. Type 440, Grimm No. 1; BP I 1ff.; Panchatantra (tr. Ryder) 369; Bødker Exempler 297 No. 61; Cosquin Études 530; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "roi", "grenouille". — English: Jacobs English 237; Hindu: Keith 147; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard 76 No. 43.
J643.1. Frogs demand a live king. Zeus has given them a log as king.
B245.2. Turtle king. India: Thompson-Balys.
B246. King of insects.
B246.1. King of ants. Fb "myre".
B246.2. King (sultan) of flies. Africa (Swahili): Baker FL XXXVIII 183ff., No. 1.
B246.3. King of bees. Chinese: Eberhard 102 No. 59.
B248. King of dragons. Chinese: Graham.
B250. Religious animals. Günter Christliche Legende des Abendlandes 80ff.; Irish myth: Cross; Panchatantra (tr. Ryder) 334; Jewish: Neuman.
A2221. Animal characteristics as reward for pious act. A2231. Animal characteristics: punishment for impiety. B149.1.2. Horse weeps for master's (saint's) approaching death. B151.0.1. Horses travel between clerics without guidance. B563.4. Animal leads cleric to holy place. F171.5. Animals in otherworld pass in and out of church and become human beings. Q535.2. Penance: lioness foregoes meat. Q557. Miraculous punishment through animals. V. Religion. V35.1.1. Horse kneels before stolen sacrament. V331.9. Swans (transformed children) do not suffer in harsh weather after conversion to Christianity.
B251. Animals praise or worship.
B251.1. Animals rejoice at Christ's birth. Irish myth: Cross; English: Child V 485 s.v. "joy".
B211.0.1. Animals speak praising God on night of Christ's nativity. V211.1. Nativity of Christ.
B251.1.1. Animals worship infant Jesus. *Dh II 12ff. — Alphabet No. 554. — Irish myth: Cross; Spanish Exempla: Keller.
B251.1.2. Animals speak to one another at Christmas. DeCock Volkskunde XXI 52ff.; Luzel Légendes Chretiennes de la Basse Bretagne II 333; Tille Die Geschichte der deutschen Weinacht 66f.; Wossidlo Mecklenbürgische Volksüberlieferung II (1) 59, 369; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. *748; Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 47 No. 237; North Carolina: Brown Collection I 637.
B251.1.2.1. Cock crows, "Christus natus est." English: Child I 240ff., 505f., II 501, IV 451f.
B251.1.2.2. Cows speak to one another on Christmas. (Cf. B215.) — Fb "ko" II 240b.
