Comparative mythology corpus

Animal Messenger Carries Death Tidings

1 appearances across 1 tradition groups.

Evidence

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TraditionSourcePassageConfidenceEvidenceRecord
Finnish/Karelian Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 3107-3295 high After Aino vanishes, bear, wolf, and fox are considered as heralds but rejected because they would harm cattle, lambs, ducks, or chickens; the hare is accepted as herald and agrees to tell her kindred. record