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B293.5. Dance of nagas (snake men). Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 1354.
B294. Animals in business relations.
B294.1. Fox as divider of dying man's gifts. Fb "ræv" III 113b.
B441. Helpful fox.
B294.2. Animal handles money.
B294.2.1. Monkey's money stolen. India: Thompson-Balys.
B294.2.2. Monkey buys liquor. India: Thompson-Balys.
B294.3. Dog sells rotten peas on market: punished by other animals. India: Thompson-Balys.
B294.4. Animals hold fairs. India: Thompson-Balys.
B294.5. Parrot transacts business of trader. India: Thompson-Balys.
B294.6. Rabbit and elephant partners on trading expedition. Africa: Stanley 245.
B294.7. Tortoise and dog partners as thieves. Africa (Cameroon): Meinhof 3.
B295. Animal drives carriage. *Type 2021; *BP II 146 (Gr. No. 80); Fb "kok" II 248b.
B295.1. Mouse makes boat of bread-crust. Takes animals and birds into boat. It capsizes. — Type 135*.
Z32. The funeral procession of the hen. Animals one by one Join the procession. The funeral carriage breaks down or the procession drowns.
B296. Animals go a-journeying. *Types 130, 210; **Aarne FFC XI Die Tiere auf der Wanderschaft; BP I 75, 135, 237; Fb "væder" III 1106b, *"tyr" III 908 ab. — Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda; Indonesian, Japanese: Dixon *203 n. 41.; Missouri French: Carrière. — Africa (Tonga): Gifford 206. — Cf. N. A. Indian: Thompson Tales 302 n. 108.
F1025. Objects go journeying together. F1025.1. Bean, straw, and coal. They go journeying. Coal burns straw in two and falls into the water. Bean laughs until he splits. J1711.1. Animals helpless in sea-voyage together. Sheep, duck, and cock in peril. The duck swims; the cock flies to the mast. K1161. Animals hidden in various parts of a house attack owner with their characteristic powers and kill him when he enters.
B296.1. Animal journeys to Rome. Cock, geese, or dog go to Rome to become Pope. — Fb "hund" I 678b, "gas" I 528b, "Rom", "mus" II 634b.
B297. Musical animals.
B297.0.1. Bull lows musically. Irish myth: Cross (B214).
B182. Magic cow (ox, bull).
B297.1. Animal plays musical instrument. Africa (tribes of Western Sudan): Tauxier Le Noir du Yatenga 457 No. 56.
D1275.1. Magic music.
B297.1.1. Bird plays timpan. Irish myth: Cross.
B172. Magic bird.
B297.1.2. Toad and chameleon play drum and xylophone. Africa (Luba): De Clerq Zs. f. Kolonialsprachen IV 193.
