Ant thrown from heaven: hence narrow waist. God decides dispute between ant and spider in spider's favor. (Cf. A2355.1.2.)

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Ant thrown from heaven: hence narrow waist. God decides dispute between ant and spider in spider's favor. (Cf. A2355.1.2.)

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Various causes of animal characteristics. · Animal characteristics: change in ancient animal. · view the constellation · filed as A2214.2

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Scholars’ trail — 5references

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 22 No. 124, XXXIII 55 No. 124
EsthonianAarne FFC XXV 149 No. 66
FlemishDeMeyer FFC XXXVII 89 No. 124
LithuanianBalys Index No. 3200, Legends Nos 291–94
IndiaThompson-Balys.

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Filed under Animal characteristics from dropping ancient animal from air.

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Swallow thrown on his tail: cause of split tail. (Cf. A2378.5.1.)Unicorn thrown from ark and drowned: hence no longer exists Crab thrown to ground: breaks into small pieces. Hence crabs are small Tortoise hurled on rock: half falls on land, half in water. Therefore amphibious Bat falls from high perch due to extreme heat of sun's rays, breaks bones, etc. Hence peculiar feet and nose

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Why ant has small waist. (Cf. A2214.2.)

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