Origin of flea: from squirrel. (Cf. A1710.)

Motif

Origin of flea: from squirrel. (Cf. A1710.)

Mythological motifs. · Creation of animal life. · Creation of insects. · Creation of diptera. · view the constellation · filed as A2032.3

ask the rhapsode about this motif →

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

LivonianLoorits FFC LXVI 93 No. 105.

Within the index

Filed under Creation of flea.

Filed beside it

Creation of flea: punishment for laziness. (Cf. A1730.)Creation of flea: to give women work. (Cf. A2051.1.)Creation of flea: God plagues the devil with fleas

Travels with

Creation of animals through transformation. (Cf. A1811.1, A1833.2, A1861.1, A1861.2, A1863, A1887)

wander