Why ear-wax is inside the ear

Motif

Why ear-wax is inside the ear.

Mythological motifs. · Creation and ordering of human life. · Ordering of human life. · Arrangement of man's bodily attributes. · view the constellation · filed as A1319.3

Cited in the index

general Cameroons: Gantenbein 69ff., Lederbogen Mitt. d. Sem. f. orient. Spr. IV 175f. No. 11.

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 men lack tails 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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