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B443.4. Helpful gazelle. BP I 331.
B443.5. Helpful wild hog (boar). Madagascar: Sibree FLJ II 45ff., Renel Contes de Madagascar I 65ff. No. 9, 140ff. No. 25, Ferrand 102ff. No. 32.
B443.6. Helpful hippopotamus. Africa (Ganda): Baskerville King of the Snakes 47f.
B443.7. Helpful wild ox. Irish myth: Cross.
B557.2. Saint carried by wild oxen.
B449. Helpful wild beasts — miscellaneous.
B449.1. Helpful hedgehog. Dh I 276ff.; India: Thompson-Balys.
B449.2. Helpful mole. Canadian: Gautier (B449.13).
B449.3. Helpful bat. N. A. Indian: Thompson Tales 318 n. 151b.
B450. Helpful birds. *Köhler-Bolte I 185, 277; *Type 781; *Chauvin II 109 No. 73, V 242 No. 142; *Basset 1001 Contes III 295; *Fb "fugl"; Wesselski Märchen 231. — Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 101; Irish myth: Cross; English: Child Eng.-Scot. Pop. Ballads II 113 n., 356ff., 362f., 365f., III 4, 8; IV 412, 482, 485f.; V 234. — Italian Novella: Rotunda; Missouri French: Carrière. — Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda. — Indonesian: DeVries' List No. 209. — Mono-Alu: Wheeler 20, 36, 46, 60f. — Papua: Ker 41, 45, 57, 64, 103. — New Hebrides: Codrington No. III 8. N. A. Indian (Pawnee): Alexander N. Am. 81. — Africa (Benga): Nassau 140 No. 16, (Ekoi): Talbot 233, (Angola): Chatelain 145 No. 14, (Kaffir): Theal 37, 47, 127, (Swahili): Steere 199, (Basuto): Jacottet 104 No. 15.
A34. Birds as creator's servants. A165.1.1. Birds as messengers of the gods. A1021.2. Bird scouts sent out from ark. B101. Treasure bird. B141. Prophetic bird. B172. Magic bird. B256.5.1. Birds protect saint and serve him. B523. Animal saves man from pursuer. B538.1. Bird gives shelter with wings. B541.3. Bird rescues man from sea. B552. Bird carries man.
B451. Helpful birds — passeriformes.
B451.1. Helpful lark. Madagascar (Imerina): Ferrand Contes populaires Malgaches 102ff. No. 32.
B451.2. Helpful nightingale. *Chauvin II 117 No. 97; India: Thompson-Balys.
B451.3. Helpful wren. Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys.
A1348.1. Wren helps mankind restore prosperity to the world. B259.5. Fly, wren, fox live with cleric.
B451.4. Helpful crow. India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham. — Africa (Hausa): Tremearne FL XXII 464ff. No. 50, Hausa Superstitions and Customs 380 ff. No. 80.
B451.5. Helpful raven. *Fb "ravn" III 23a; *Zingerle Sagen aus Tirol 588. — Irish: MacCulloch Celtic 36; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Bødker Exempler 290 Nos. 45, 46; Jewish: Neuman. — Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 53.
B147.1.2.1. Raven as bird of good omen. B291.1.1. Ravens carry messages to enemies.
B451.6. Helpful magpie. Chinese: Werner 190, Graham.
B451.7. Helpful sparrow. Irish myth: Cross; Japanese: Anesaki 318.
B455. Helpful birds — falconiformes.
