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B151.1.6. Dog indicates road to be taken. Icel.: Boberg; Wesselski Theorie 30.
B563. Animals direct man on Journey.
B151.2. Bird determines road to be taken.
B151.2.0.1. Bird shows way by dropping feathers every seven steps. — Hdwb. d. deutschen Märchens s.v. "Ariadnefaden" n. 14.
R135. Abandoned children find way back by clue (bread-crumb, grain, pebble, etc.).
B151.2.0.2. Birds show way to otherworld. Irish myth: Cross.
F159.1. Otherworld reached by hunting animal. N774. Adventures from pursuing enchanted animal.
B151.2.0.3. Bird shows way by singing. South Africa: Bourhill and Drake Fairy Tales from South Africa 237ff. No. 20.
B152. Animal selects unknown person.
H171.2. Bird indicates election of Pope.
B152.1. Dog indicates pregnant woman, adulteress, etc. (Cf. B121.1, B134, B153.) — English: Child I 270 n.
B152.2. Fly indicates successful suitor. Girl to marry man on whom specially marked fly lights. — India: *Thompson-Balys.
H310. Suitor tests. T54. Choosing a bride by horoscope.
B152.3. Hawk lighting on man points out criminal. Korean: Zong-in-Sob 123 No. 59.
B153. Dog indicates hidden treasure. *Norlind Skattsägner 47 n. 1. — India: Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Mitford 180.
B103.4.3. Dog vomits gold and sliver. B121. Dog with magic wisdom. B134. Truth-telling dog. B187. Magic dog. B421. Helpful dog. D1314. Magic obiect indicates desired place. D1816. Magic discovery of desired place. N530. Discovery of treasure.
B153.1. Dog indicates other hidden objects. Icel.: Boberg.
B154. Animal as soothsayer.
B154.1. Ox as soothsayer. All judgments referred to it. (Cf. B182.2.) — Persian: Carnoy 335.
B154.2. Ant as soothsayer. Ila of Rhodesia: Smith and Dale 396.
B154.3. Fish-eagle as soothsayer. Ila of Rhodesia: Smith and Dale 354.
B155. Location determined by halting of an animal. — Irish myth: Cross. (Cf. B153.)
B256. Animal as servant of saint. B563.4. Animals lead cleric to holy place. D1314. Magic object indicates desired place. D1816. Magic discovery of desired places. V111.3.1. Birds indicate the site where a church is to be built.
B155.1. Building site determined by halting of animal. Where the animal stops the building is erected. — Fb "kvie" II 338a, "kirke" IV 258a; Sébillot France IV 114, 127; Günter Christliche Legende des Abendlandes 81; Dickson Valentine and Orson 54 n. 66; *Pease Classical Philology XII (1917) 8ff.; Norden on Vergil Aeneid VI, lines 136ff.; Stemplinger Neue Jahrb. XLVII (1920) 41. — Finnish-Swedish: Wessman 70 no. 598; Finnish: Holmberg Finno-Ugric 125, 145, Aarne FFC XXXIII 46 No. 82; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 133 No. 82;
