μῦθοι Mythoi
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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.

  • TuamotuStimson MS (z–G 13/441).
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Filed under Animal characteristics: change in ancient animal. (Cf. A2311.)

7 finer motifs beneath it
Bear fishes through ice with tail: hence lacks tail. (Cf. A2378.2.4.)Devil pulls off goats' tails: hence lack tails. (Cf. A2378.2.2.)Moon splits hare's lip with hatchet: hence hare-lip. (Cf. A2211.2, A751.5.1, A2342.1.)Bush-rat bites off tortoise's tail: hence tortoise's short tail. (Cf. A2378.4.4.)Hawk's tail cut in two by sword as he is being transformed. Cause of his forked tail. (Cf. A2378.5.2.)God as falcon has tail cut off: hence falcon's short tailFormerly animals have ears like elephant's: hare bites them off
Filed beside it
Animal characteristics: accidental action of ancient animalAnimal characteristics from great fearAnimal characteristics from squeezing or stretching ancient animal. (Cf. A2231.9)Animal characteristics from dropping ancient animal from airAnimal characteristics from throwing members at ancient animalAppearance of animal from marking or paintingAnimal characteristics from burning or singeing. (Cf. A2378.8.4, A2411.1.2.5, A2411.1.3.2, A2411.1.4.1, A2411.1.6.5, A2411.2.1.1, A2411.2.1.4, A2411.2.1.9, A2411.2.1.7, A2411.2.1.11, A2411.2.5.2, A2411.2.5.1, A2411.2.1.15, A2411.2.6.8, A2411.4.2, A2411.4.3, A2411.5.3.)Other accidents to ancient animal

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