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B297.2. Transformed women enchanted by music.
B297.2.1. Women transformed to bitches enchanted by music. Irish myth: Cross.
B187.7. Magic bitches (in human form) enchanted by fairy music.
B298. Animal plays game.
B298.1. Monkey plays chess. Nouvelles Récréations No. 88.
B299. Other animals with human traits — miscellaneous.
B299.1. Animal takes revenge on man. India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham.
B299.1.1. Eagle takes revenge on man. Chinese: Graham.
B299.2. Animals dispute.
B299.2.1. Owls and crows dispute over merits of night or day vision. India: Thompson-Balys.
B299.3. Animals discover liquor and get intoxicated. India: Thompson-Balys.
B299.4. Bear asks boy to stay with her cubs. India: Thompson-Balys.
B299.5. Sympathetic animals. Irish myth: Cross.
B295.2. Bird sings to console man.
B299.5.1. Animal mutilates self to express sympathy. India: Thompson-Balys.
B299.5.2. Animal fasts to express sympathy. India: Thompson-Balys.
B299.5.3. Birds weep when man cuts off his hand. Irish myth: Cross.
B736. Bird sheds tears.
B299.6. Animal physician. Africa (Cameroon): Rosenhuber 69, Meinhof 33, 36.
B299.7. Festival of animals. Jewish: Neuman; S. A. Indian (Tenetehara): Wagley-Galvão BBAE CXLIII (3) 148.
B299.8. Animals build bridge.
B299.8.1. Tigers build bridge. S. A. Indian (Amuesha): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 150.
B299.9. Animals cultivate crops. S. A. Indian (Chiriguano): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 179.
B299.10. Animal christening. German: Grimm No. 74.
B300—B599. FRIENDLY ANIMALS
B300—B349. Helpful animals — general.
B300. Helpful animal. See also entire section B300—599, especially B350. — *Krappe "Guiding animals" JAFL LV (1942) 228—246; "Warning animals" FL LIX (1948) 8—15. — *Toldo Studien zur vgl. Littgsch. VIII 38. — Irish myth: Cross. — Hindu: Penzer I 101f., V 157f., 163f., VI 291, VIII 219. — India: Thompson-Balys. — N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 316 n. 146. — Philippine: Fansler MAFLS XII 313.
