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Motif-Index of Folk-Literature
B172.11. Bird steals island. India: Thompson-Balys.
B175. Magic fish. (Cf. B107.1, B124, B144.) Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 82; Irish myth: Cross.
B243. King of fishes. B470. Helpful fish. D1318.2.1. Laughing fish reveals unjust judgment. D1613.1. Magic fish talk so that ogre thinks hero has many brothers with him. F989.18. Stranded fish do not decay for a year.
B175.1. Magic salmon carries hero over water. Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 189; Irish myth: Cross; Japanese: Ikeda.
B142.2. Salmon of knowledge. B214.1. Salmon as oldest and wisest of animals. B541.1. Escape from sea on fish's back. B551. Fish carries man across water. F911.3.2. Winged serpent as boat: passengers within. R245. Whale-boat.
B175.2. Magic tunny (grateful); carries out hero's wish. Later he saves him from drowning and restores his sanity. — Italian Novella: Rotunda.
B540. Animal rescuer.
B176. Magic reptile.
B176.1. Magic serpent. (Cf. B108, B112, B123, B161—165.) — Type 516; BP I 42f. (Gr. No. 6); *Liljeblad Tobiasgeschichte 184f.; Norlind Skattsägner 41ff.; Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys.
T172.2. Bridal chamber invaded by magic dragon (serpent).
B176.1.1. Serpent as deceiver in paradise. Hebrew: Genesis 3:1; Jewish: Neuman; Irish myth: Cross; Spanish Exempla: Keller. — Indo-Chinese: Scott Indo-Chinese 269.
A1331. Paradise lost.
B176.1.2. Magic snake can compress himself to minute size and expand to giant size. India: Thompson-Balys.
B177. Magic amphibia.
B177.1. Magic toad.
V34.2. Princess sick because toad has swallowed her consecrated wafer.
B177.1.1. Magic toad under king's bed causes sickness. French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX. Cf. Christiansen FFC XXIV 83.
B177.2. Magic frog. Hdwb. d. Abergl. III 124 s.v. "Frosch"; Jewish: Neuman.
B177.3. Magic sea-turtle sucks men to the bottom. Irish myth: Cross.
F910. Extraordinary swallowings.
B178. Magic crustacean.
B178.1. Magic crab. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 222.
B180. Magic quadrupeds.
B181. Magic quadrupeds—felidae.
B181.1. Magic cat. (Cf. B211.8, B422.) — BP 146f.; Norlind Skattsägner 47 n. 1; Irish myth: Cross. See also references to B422.
B292.6. Black cat as servant of giant. B871.1.6. Giant cat. G225.3. Cat as servant of witch. G241.1.4. Witch rides on cat. G252. Witch in form of cat has hand cut off. Recognized next morning by missing hand. H1417. Tear test: night watch with magic cats. R13.12. Cat abducts person.
B181.1.1. Cat with remarkable powers of sight. India: Thompson-Balys.
B181.3. Magic tiger. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 160.