The constellation
A2412 Origin of animal markings. (Cf. A2211.12, A2221.3, A2221.7.)
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
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● tale type
● on the shelf
● attested
The same sky, in words
filed under
beneath it
- Creator sends two deities to tatoo all creatures: origin of animal markings · A2412.0.1 entry
- Markings of mammals · A2412.1 entry
- Markings on birds. (Cf. A2211.7.) · A2412.2 entry
- Markings on insects · A2412.3 entry
- Markings on fish. (Cf. A2217.3, A2213.2.) · A2412.4 entry
- Markings on other animals · A2412.5 entry
cross-ref
- Buffalo helps tiger quench fire: white mark left on buffalo's neck where tiger held on while being ducked in water · A2211.12 entry
- Markings on animals as recollections of Christ's life and sufferings. (Cf. A2412.) · A2221.3 entry
- Dove returns to ark in obedience to Noah: receives sheen of raven · A2221.7 entry