Mole struck on head in attempt to steal fire: hence his flat head

Motif

Mole struck on head in attempt to steal fire: hence his flat head.

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Various causes of animal characteristics. · Animal characteristics: change in ancient animal. · view the constellation · filed as A2213.5.1

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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.

S. Am. Indian (Toba)Métraux MAFLS XL 109.

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Filed under Animal characteristics from being struck.

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Fish struck by coconut: hence flat tail

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