Frightened rabbit puts head in charred tree: hence black ears. (Cf. A2325.2.)

Motif

Frightened rabbit puts head in charred tree: hence black ears. (Cf. A2325.2.)

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Various causes of animal characteristics. · Animal characteristics: change in ancient animal. · view the constellation · filed as A2212.1

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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.

FinnishAarne FFC VII 13 No. 71.

Within the index

Filed under Animal characteristics from great fear.

Filed beside it

Frightened animals scatter: cause of present habitat of each. (Cf. A2433.1.)

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Why hare's ears are black. (Cf. A2212.1.)

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