Marks on certain fish from fingerprints

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Marks on certain fish from fingerprints.

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Various causes of animal characteristics. · Animal characteristics: change in ancient animal. · view the constellation · filed as A2217.3

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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.

TuamotuStimson MS (z–G 13/317, t–G 3/600).

Within the index

Filed under Appearance of animal from marking or painting.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Marks on certain fish from St. Peter's fingerprints. (Cf. A901, A2217.2, A2412.4)Marks on certain fish from devil's fingerprints

Filed beside it

Birds painted their present colors Chipmunk's back scratched: hence his stripes. As he is trying to escape, bear catches him with his claws and marks him permanently. (Cf. A2413.2.)

Travels with

Markings on fish. (Cf. A2217.3, A2213.2.)Markings on sun-fish. (Cf. A2217.3.)

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