Why men lack tails

Motif

Why men lack tails.

Mythological motifs. · Creation and ordering of human life. · Ordering of human life. · Arrangement of man's bodily attributes. · view the constellation · filed as A1319.2

Filed across the traditions

Chinese Eberhard FFC CXX 117 No. 72
general Piegan: Michelson JAFL XXIX 409.

Within the index

Filed under Origin of other bodily attributes.

Filed beside it

Origin of Adam's apple. Forbidden fruit sticks in Adam's throat Why ear-wax is inside the ear Why the posterior of man is large Origin of the liver Origin of blood Why the center of man's eye is black: blackened by spirits to make themselves invisible Origin of sweat Origin of sneezing Origin of itching Origin of the sensation of tickling Originally man rejuvenated himself by snake-like change of skin Why man's neck is its present size Origin of man's skin

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