Wildcat's (Lynx's) face mashed in. (Cf. A2230.1.)

Motif

Wildcat's (Lynx's) face mashed in. (Cf. A2230.1.)

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Various causes of animal characteristics. · Animal characteristics: change in ancient animal. · view the constellation · filed as A2213.2.1

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Scholars’ trail — 2references

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.

AustralianDixon 290 (wombat).
general Dh III 5, 6. – N. Am. Indian: *Thompson Tales 300 n. 99

Within the index

Filed under Animal pressed: hence facial or bodily marks. (Cf. A2412.4.)

Filed beside it

Tortoise pressed into earth: hence humpy back. (Cf. A2356.2.9.)Baboon pressed on hot, flat rock: hence bald place on his back. (Cf. A2317.10.)Why lobster is shallow: insulted cattle step on it

Travels with

How wildcat got his mashed face. (Cf. A2213.2.1.)

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