Heroes seldom have actual fairy godmothers, but similar figures are common. In "The Golden Bird", the hero is aided by a fox whose advice he takes; in "The Red Ettin", by a fairy not his godmother; in "Puddocky", by an enchanted frog that takes pity on him; in "Prince Ring", by an enchanted dog; in "Fair Brow" and "The Bird 'Grip'", by a dead man whom he had aided; in "The Horse Gullfaxi and the Sword Gunnfoder", in an unusual reversal, by his stepmother.