Bowl placed on turtle's back: hence his shell. (Cf. A2312.1.)

Motif

Bowl placed on turtle's back: hence his shell. (Cf. A2312.1.)

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Various causes of animal characteristics. · Animal characteristics: change in ancient animal. · view the constellation · filed as A2215.3

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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.

general British New Guinea: Dixon 145.

Within the index

Filed under Animal characteristics from throwing members at ancient animal.

Filed beside it

Stick (leaf) thrown at animal's rump: hence tails. (Cf. A2378.3.3.)Hare runs away at creation; almost loses tail. When, as the most timid of all beasts, he runs away, God throws a tail at him from a pile of tails. (Cf. A2378.4.1.)Red fruit thrown at rail's (bird's) head: hence red lump on head. (Cf. A2321.8.)Fox struck with churn-dash: hence white tail. (Cf. A2378.8.1.)God throws diver's feet after him; hence his feet reach backward. (Cf. A2371.2.9.)

Travels with

Origin of tortoise's shell. (Cf. A2215.3, A2231.1.4, A2213.3, A2211.10.)

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