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B469.3. Helpful goose. *Köhler-Bolte I 347; India: Thompson-Balys.
K1816.5.1. Geese betray beauty of disguised goose-girl.
B469.3.1. Helpful wild goose. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges (B469.5); India: Thompson-Balys.
B469.4. Helpful duck. Fb "and" IV 12b. — Japanese: Anesaki 321, Ikeda; India: Thompson-Balys.
B469.4.1. Helpful wild duck. Africa (Betsileo): Renel Contes de Madagascar I 140ff. No. 25, (Imerina): Ferrand 102ff. No. 32.
B469.5. Helpful cock. *Type 670; *Aarne FFC XV 49ff.; Missouri-French: Carrière; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. — Africa (Fjort): Dennett 105 No. 29.
B469.5.1. Helpful chicken. Jewish: Neuman.
B469.6. Helpful guinea-fowl. Africa (Hottentot): Bleek 65 No. 28.
B469.7. Helpful turkey. N. A. Indian (Zuñi): Cushing 54ff.
B469.8. Helpful cuckoo. Lithuanian: Balys Index Nos. 454f.
B469.9. Helpful parrot. Clouston II 196ff.; India: *Thompson-Balys. — Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 252.
K1591. Seventy tales of a parrot prevent a wife's adultery.
B469.9.1. Helpful paroquet. India: Thompson-Balys.
B469.10. Helpful pheasant. Korean: Zong in-Sob 97 No. 53.
B470. Helpful fish. See B375.1 and references. — *Fb "ring" III 61a, "fisk" I 296. — Italian Novella: Rotunda; Missouri-French: Carrière. — Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "animaux", Hartland Science 174; Arabian: Burton S V 326; Hindu: Keith 99; India: *Thompson-Balys; Indonesian: DeVries Volksverhalen uit Oost Indië I No. 72 (also in some versions of No. 35). — Polynesian (Celebes): Dixon *72 n. 56; Indonesian, Japanese, N. Pacific Coast American Indian (Micmac): Dixon *157 n. 6; Africa (Angola): Chatelain 65 No. 3.
B107. Treasure fish. B124. Wise fish. B142. Prophetic fish. B175. Magic fish. B211.11. Speaking fish. B243. King of fishes. B375.1. Fish returned to water: grateful. B548.2. Fish recovers object from sea. B551. Fish carries man.
B470.1. Small fish as helper. Marquesas: Handy 99.
B471. Helpful shark. Fb "haj". — Tahiti: Dixon 64; Tonga: Gifford 76; Mono-Alu-Fauru: Wheeler 65.
B472. Helpful whale. Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. — N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 327 n. 179. — Jamaica: Beckwit MAFLS XVII 256ff. Nos. 38, 39, 275 No. 86. — Maori: Dixon 83.
R245. Whale-boat. A man is carried across the water on a whale (fish). V462.10. Ascetic cleric lives seven years on whale's back.
B473. Helpful dolphin. *Chauvin V 4 No. 2; *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 868. — Jewish: Neuman; Greek: Fox 101.
B474. Helpful salmon. *Type 675.
B175.1. Magic salmon carries hero over water.
B475. Helpful pike. *Fb "gjedde".
B476. Helpful eel. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 478, 511.
