Polynesian Motifs (letter B)
- B Animals
- B0-B99 Mythical animals
- B11 Dragon
- B11.2.0.1 She dragon (dragon-woman)
- B11.2.1
- B11.2.1.2 Dragon as modified lizard
- B11.2.1.3 Dragon as modified fish (sea monster)
- B11.2.1.4 Dragon as modified shell-fish
- B11.2.11.0.1 Mythical dragon (ngarora) blows steam from nose
- B11.2.11.0.2 Mythical dragon (taniwha) whose eyes cast flaming rays of light
- B11.2.12 Dragon of enormous size
- B11.2.15 Lizard monster with detachable tongue
- B11.3
- B11.3.1.1 Dragon lives in lake
- B11.3.1.3 Water monster inhabits a stream
- B11.3.5 Dragon lives under the ground; movements dislodge trees and buildings
- B11.3.9 Dragon lives at bottom of pit
- B11.4.1 Flying dragon
- B11.5
- B11.5.1 Dragon’s power of self-transformation (shapeshifting)
- B11.5.6 Lizard monsters which jump like grasshoppers
- B11.6
- B11.6.1.3 Sea monsters led by hero save battle for father
- B11.6.1.4 Water-monster avenges master’s death
- B11.6.1.5 Dragon rescues people from drowning
- B11.6.2 Dragon guards treasure
- B11.6.2.0.1 Guardian dragon of a tribe
- B11.6.11 Dragon guards path
- B11.6.12 Dragons are watchmen of the shark-god
- B11.6.13 Dragons make a bridge across a river
- B11.7
- B11.7.1.1
- B11.7.1.1.1 Lizard monster causes thunder and lightning
- B11.7.1.1.2 Reptile monster causes landslides
- B11.7.2 Dragon guards lake
- B11.10.0.2 First fruits offered to lizard monster
- B11.10.2.1 Man-eating dragon
- B11.11 Fight with dragon
- B11.12.7 Human-dragon marriage
- B11.19.4 Mythical lizard kills all passers-by
- B15
- B15.1
- B15.1.2
- B15.1.2.1
- B15.1.2.1.4 Two-headed dog
- B15.1.2.1.5 Two-headed bird
- B15.1.2.6.2 Seven-headed eel
- B15.1.2.7.1 Snake with eight heads
- B15.1.2.8.3 Nine-headed dove
- B15.4
- B15.4.1
- B15.4.1.4 Eight-eyed bat
- B15.4.1.5 Eight-eyed hog
- B15.7
- B15.7.7.2 Eel with eight tails
- B15.7.18 Bird whose feathers are armed with talons
- B16
- B16.1
- B16.1.2 Devastating dog
- B16.1.4 Devastating swine
- B16.2
- B16.2.10 Man-eating rat
- B16.3 Devastating birds (see B33)
- B16.4
- B16.4.2 Man-eating shark
- B16.4.3 Monstrous man-eating swordfish
- B16.4.4 Man-eating eel
- B16.4.5 Man-eating crab
- B16.5 Devastating (man-eating) reptiles
- B16.5.1.0.1 Man-eating lizard monsters
- B16.5.1.2 Devastating (man-eating) sea-monster (serpent)
- B16.6
- B16.6.5 Devastating centipede
- B16.6.5.1 Devastating caterpillar
- B17
- B17.2
- B17.2.1
- B17.2.1.2.1 Man-eating eel (Polynesia-general)
- B17.2.5 Marauding and devastating seals
- B19
- B19.14 Red pigs
- B25 Man-dog
- B29
- B29.2 Echidna (half-woman, half-serpent)
- B29.2.1 Serpent with human head
- B29.2.4 Lizard-woman
- B29.3 Man-hog
- B29.3.1 Man-hog roots up crops while in hog form
- B29.10 Rat-people
- B30 Mythical birds
- B30.1 Mythical white albatross
- B30.3 Mythical chicken
- B31
- B31.1 Roc (giant man-carrying bird)
- B31.1.3 Giant bird picks up canoe and deposits it in tree
- B31.1.4 Giant bird attempts to sink canoe
- B31.4
- B31.4.1 Giant white vampire-bat
- B31.6
- B31.6.1 Giant blackbird
- B31.6.2 Giant bird uproots trees
- B31.6.2.2 Giant bird overturns hill
- B33 Man-eating birds
- B33.0.1 Man-eating bat
- B39
- B39.2 Demon bird
- B39.3 Bird-in-the-sun
- B50 Bird-men
- B53.0.1 Siren in mermaid form
- B58 Chicken-people
- B60 Mythical fish
- B60.1 Parent of all fishes
- B60.2 Mythical fish: back covered with stones and seaweed
Map reproductions courtesy of the Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library