Too cold for hare (dog) to build house in winter, not necessary in summer: must go without house

Motif

Too cold for hare (dog) to build house in winter, not necessary in summer: must go without house.

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Various causes of animal characteristics. · Animal characteristics as punishment. · view the constellation · filed as A2233.2.1

Filed across the traditions

Lithuanian Balys Index No. 72*, Legends No. 214
Finnish Aarne Index No. 72*
Russian Andrejev No. 72**.

Within the index

Filed under Dog will not help build house: must remain out of doors. (Cf. A2223.1, A2433.3.2.)

Carried in tale types

Too Cold for Hare to Build House in Winter · ATU 81 1 recorded variant

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