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Origin of flounder.

Mythological motifs. · Creation of animal life. · Creation of fish and other animals. · Creation of fish. · Creation of particular fishes. · view the constellation · filed as A2126

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Filed under Creation of particular fishes.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Origin of flounder from Virgin Mary's half-eaten fish. (Cf. A2305.1.2.) Origin of sole
Filed beside it
Creation of pike Creation of mullet Origin of olachen Creation of mackerel Origin of bonito Origin of salmon Origin of catfish Creation of eel Creation of prawns Origin of whale. [Note: In folk thought, a fish.] Creation of sharks: from a savage tribe
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Origin of flounder's flat body. (Cf. A2126.)

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