μῦθοι Mythoi
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

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Scholars’ trail — 3references

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.

  • LithuanianBalys Index No. 72*, Legends No. 214
  • FinnishAarne Index No. 72*
  • RussianAndrejev 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

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