B. Animals
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Novella: Rotunda. — Jewish: Neuman. — Missouri-French: Carrière. — See also references for B535.
B435.4. Helpful bear. *Fb "Bjørn" IV 42a, 43a. — Italian Novella: Rotunda; Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Missouri-French: Carrière.
B435.5. Helpful seal. Irish myth: Cross.
B435.6. Helpful hyena. Spanish Exempla: Keller.
B437. Helpful wild beasts — rodentia. — India: Thompson-Balys; N. A. Indian: Thompson Tales 317 n. 147. — Tehuelche (Pategonia): Alexander Lat. Am. 335.
B437.1. Helpful rat. *Fb "rotte" III 83b. — India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 180. — Korean: Zong in-Sob 28 No. 12. — Africa (Basuto): Jacottet 214 No. 31, (Benga): Nassau 208 No. 33.
K1182. Rat leaves serpent behind, though spared to rescue him.
B437.1.1. Helpful bandicoot. India: Thompson-Balys.
B535.0.2. Bandicoot (large rat) as nurse cares for children.
B437.2. Helpful mouse. *Type 75, cf. Type 560. — Jewish: Neuman; Penzer V 79 n. 2. — India: *Thompson-Balys, Bødker Exempler 290 Nos 45, 46; Italian Novella: Rotunda; Missouri-French: Carrière. — Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 268. — Africa (Kaffir): Theal 85, Kidd 230 No. 2, (Basuto): Jacottet 190 No. 28.
J426.1. Mouse helps wild cat escape from snares. K632. Mice gnaw enemies' bow-strings and prevent pursuit.
B437.3. Helpful squirrel. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. — India: Thompson-Balys. — Chinese: Graham. — Africa (Fang): Trilles Bulletin de la Société Neuchâteloise de Geographie XVI 238ff. No. 23.
B563.3. Squirrel points out road. H1121. Task: picking all nuts from tall tree. (Performed by grateful squirrel.
B437.4. Helpful rabbit (hare). Fb "hare" IV 201a; Dh I 276ff. — Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "animaux". — Japanese: Anesaki 318.
B441. Helpful wild beasts — primata.
B441.1. Helpful monkey. Penzer IX 47 n. 1; BP I 331. — Jewish: Neuman. — India: *Thompson-Balys; Indonesian: DeVries' List No. 180. — Chile: Pino Saavedra 402, 404.
B441.1.1. Helpful ape. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 180. — Africa: Rochemonteix Quelques Contes Nubiens 48ff. No. 4, 55ff. No. 5, Basset Contes populaires d'Afrique 133ff. No. 52, (Bambara): Travele Proverbes et Contes Bambara 200f. No. 65, (Temne): Schlender 87ff. No. 7, (Swahili): Steere 13ff.
B443. Helpful wild beasts — ungulata.
B443.1. Helpful deer (stag, doe). *Fb "hjort", "hind". — Irish myth: Cross; Saints' legend (Irish): Plummer cxlii—cxliv. — Jewish: Neuman. — India: *Thompson-Balys. — Korean: Zong in-Sob 22 No. 11. — Africa (Angola): Chatelain 159 No. 19.
B188. Magic deer. B292.4. Stags plow for man. Also draw chariot, bear burdens, and allow saints to use their horns as a book rest.
B443.2. Helpful antelope. Southeastern Africa: Macdonald FL III 352ff. No. 4.
B443.3. Helpful elephant. *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 649; India: *Thompson-Balys.
