Why man does not change his skin: ancient contest lost by toad, representing man, won by lizard

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Why man does not change his skin: ancient contest lost by toad, representing man, won by lizard.

Mythological motifs. · Creation and ordering of human life. · Ordering of human life. · Arrangement of man's bodily attributes. · view the constellation · filed as A1319.12.1

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India Thompson-Balys.

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Filed under Originally man rejuvenated himself by snake-like change of skin.

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