The constellation
B770 Other fanciful traits of animals
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- Wild animal miraculously tamed · B771 entry
- Shipwrecked man repulsed by animals. As he floats to shore animals push him back into water · B772 entry
- Animals with human emotions · B773 entry
- Stork is man while hibernating in Egypt · B775 entry
- Venomous animals · B776 entry
- Breath of bird withers · B777 entry
- Animal "drinks apart" mixed liquids. Separates the parts while drinking · B781 entry
- Sheep sleeps if anyone ties shoe to its ear · B782 entry
- Swine maddened by smell of oak forest · B783 entry
- Animal lives in person's stomach · B784 entry
- Animal wards off spirits · B785 entry
- Monkeys always copy men · B786 entry
- Birds mock ascetic's devotions · B787 entry
- Bats keep fireflies to light their houses · B788 entry
- Elephants have power of bringing rain · B791 entry
- Why certain animals are thought of as good or bad · B792 entry