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B493.2. Helpful toad. Type 402; BP II 30ff. (Gr. No. 63). — Missouri-French: Carrière; Chinese: Graham.
B495. Helpful crustacean.
B495.1. Helpful crab. India: Thompson-Balys; Africa (Mpongwe): Nassau 41 No. 6.
B495.2. Helpful lobster. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 180.
B498. Helpful mythical animal.
B498.1. Helpful dragon. (Cf. B11.) — Italian Novella: Rotunda; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 328 No. 17; Chinese: Graham.
B500—B599. Services of helpful animals.
B500. Magic power from animals. — Type 675; Fb "ønske" III 1179a. — Italian Novella: Rotunda; Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Missouri French: Carrière; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 317 n. 146c; Africa (Angola): Chatelain 71 No. 3. (Cf. B100—B199 Magic animals.)
B109.1.2. Dog whose skin turns water into wine. D684. Transformation by helpful animal. D810. Magic object a gift. D1720. Acquisition of magic power. D1834. Magic strength from helping animal. D1903. Power of inducing love given by animals. F405.5. Cat, dog, and mouse ward off evil spirit. Man takes these animals along with him as protection. F980. Extraordinary occurrences concerning animals.
B501. Animal gives part of body as talisman for summoning its aid. *Types 531, 552, 553; BP III 18ff., 424ff.; Malone PMLA XLIII 407; *Fb "fjer" I 301, "hâr" I 771b. — Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "talisman"; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 15; Missouri-French: Carrière; Italian Novella: Rotunda; India: *Thompson-Balys. — Persian: Carnoy 290, 331. — Africa (Kaffir): Theal 85, (Swahili): Steere 199; N. A. Indian (Pawnee): Dorsey MAFLS VIII 102.
D532. Transformation by putting on claw, feather, etc. of helpful animal. D1021. Magic feather. D1023. Magic hair of animal. D1421. Magic object summons helper. D2074.1. Animals magically called.
B501.1. Buffalo give hero horns for summoning them.
D1011.1. Magic animal horn. D1421.5.1. Magic horn summons army for rescue. D2074.1.1. Buffalo magically called.
B501.1.1. Merry horn and angry horn for summoning buffalo. When all is well hero is to blow on merry-horn; when in trouble on angry-horn. — India: Thompson-Balys.
B501.2. Kite teaches rhyme by which he may be summoned for help. India: Thompson-Balys.
D1273. Magic formula (charm). H12. Recognition by song (music).
B501.3. Animal gives jewel for summoning him when in need of help. India: Thompson-Balys.
B501.4. Birds give hero feather to burn if he is in difficulty. India: Thompson-Balys.
B505. Magic object received from animal. *Types 560, 561; *Aarne MSFO XXV 3—82; BP II 451ff., 537; Type 554*; *Köhler-Bolte I 440; Hartland Perseus III 199; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "talisman"; Missouri-French: Carrière. — India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 37 No. 24. — Africa (Zanzibar): Bateman 221 No. 10, (Basuto): Jacottet 214 No. 31. See also references in B375.1.
D810. Magic object a gift. J130. Wisdom (knowledge) acquired from animals.
