Motif
Animal helpers rescue a human master
animal_helpers_rescue_a_human_master
A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
2 occurrences
2 traditions
ainu
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Aino Folk-Tales HONORARY SECRETARIES. / INTRODUCTION. / AINO FOLK-LORE. / I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA.; lines 802-900 confidence: high
In 'The Stolen Charm,' a very rich man owns a puppy, a fox-cub, and a tiny silver model ship charm given by an unknown god; when the charm is stolen, the man grieves, refuses food, and is near death.
The puppy, fox-cub, and rat act to recover the stolen charm because the rich man is near death, then restore the charm to him.
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kimbundu
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Folk-Tales of Angola: Fifty Tales, with Ki-mbundu Text, Literal English Translation, Introduction, and Notes XXXIX. / NIANGA DIA NGENGA NI JIMBUA JE. / XXXIX. / NIANGA DIA NGENGA AND HIS DOGS.; lines 7656-7783 confidence: high
The male dog tells Nianga to drop the hatchet; the dog fells a tree, the female dog carries it, and they set it up so Nianga can step down.
The male and female dogs speak and cooperate to save Nianga from the tree-seat by using his hatchet and a felled tree.
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