The constellation
A2486 Why animals lay eggs as they do. (Cf. A2431, A2433.6.1.2.)
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
filed under
- Periodic habits of animals · A2480 entry
beneath it
- Why raven lays eggs in March. (Cf. A2251.1.) · A2486.1 entry
- Why bustard hatches but two eggs. (Cf. A2284.2.) · A2486.2 entry
- Why dove lays but two eggs. (Cf. A2247.4.) · A2486.3 entry
- How birds began to lay eggs · A2486.4 entry
cross-ref
- Birds' nests. (Cf. A2486.) · A2431 entry
- Why turtle lays eggs on beach. (Cf. A2486.) · A2433.6.1.2 entry