Bird neglects to build nest: goes without. (Cf. A2431.2.)

Motif

Bird neglects to build nest: goes without. (Cf. A2431.2.)

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Various causes of animal characteristics. · Animal characteristics as punishment. · view the constellation · filed as A2233.4.1

Cited in the index

general Dh. III 202ff.

Within the index

Filed under Grasshopper builds no house for winter; ant strikes him blind: therefore born blind. (Cf. A2332.6.3.)

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Why bird has no nest. (Cf. A2233.4.1.)

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