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THE CUCKOO, THE HERON, THE HEATHCOCK, THE PARTRIDGE, THE NIGHTINGALE, THE SWALLOW, THE SPARROW, AND

Date of account: English edition published 1872
Source: Zoological Mythology; or, The Legends of Animals, Volume 2 (of 2)
Reference: Zoological Mythology; or, The Legends of Animals, Volume 2 (of 2) · selected passage 143
Rights: public_domain
Language: English
Record updated: 2026-08-25

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It is, moreover, believed that the green lizard, if caught and put in a vase full of oil, will produce the oil of a ramarro, which is said to be good against wounds and poisons

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It is, moreover, believed that the green lizard, if caught and put in a vase full of oil, will produce the oil of a _ramarro_, which is said to be good against wounds and poisons. In the _Contes Merveilleux de Porchat_, a fairy protects the poor Laric and brings fortune to him in the shape of a grateful _couleuvre_, which he, in winter, found frozen and warmed in his bosom. The _couleuvre_ makes radiant coins fall to Laric from the beaks of certain partridges, enables him to find whatever he is in need of, and puts a golden chain round the neck of his wife. Thus the myths of the golden (or green) fish, the golden (or green) frog and the golden (or green) lizard, correspond to each other in the beautiful myth of the good moon-fairy, who protects the solar hero or heroine in the nights both of the day and the year.

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