The constellation
A2320 Origin of animal characteristics: head
A constellation is one motif’s neighborhood in the record — the story-shapes filed around it, the tale types that carry it, and the texts where it is witnessed, every line a receipted link. Click a motif to travel. Click a text to read it. The entry · wander
● motif
● tale type
● on the shelf
● attested
The same sky, in words
beneath it
- How snake got small head. (Cf. A2213.1.) · A2320.1 entry
- How turtle got snake-like head. (Cf. A2247.2.) · A2320.2 entry
- How lizard got red head. (Cf. A2211.8.) · A2320.3 entry
- Why crab has no head · A2320.4 entry
- Why bird's head is so large · A2320.5 entry
- Why crocodile has marks of water pot on head · A2320.6 entry
- Why palm-rat has swollen head · A2320.7 entry
- Origin of bird crests · A2321 entry
- Origin of hair and mane · A2322 entry
- Origin of animals' ears · A2325 entry
- Origin and nature of animal's horns · A2326 entry