Animal characteristics from being struck

Motif

Animal characteristics from being struck.

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Various causes of animal characteristics. · Animal characteristics: change in ancient animal. · view the constellation · filed as A2213.5

Within the index

Filed under Animal characteristics from squeezing or stretching ancient animal. (Cf. A2231.9).

2 finer motifs beneath it

Mole struck on head in attempt to steal fire: hence his flat head Fish struck by coconut: hence flat tail

Filed beside it

Ancient animal squeezed: hence small size. (Cf. A2302.) Animal pressed: hence facial or bodily marks. (Cf. A2412.4.) Animals' size increased by stretching. (Cf. A2312.1, A2301.) Animal characteristics changed by stretching

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