μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Ring-dove eats man's grain: man may kill him. Similarly francolin and guinea fowl.

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Various causes of animal characteristics. · Animal characteristics as punishment. · view the constellation · filed as A2238.2

Filed across the traditions
  • Ila (Rhodesia) Smith and Dale 351 No. 6.
Within the index

Filed under Animal characteristics: punishment for greed.

Filed beside it
Rabbit (frog) eats seed-grain from fields: nose closed during sowing season. (Cf. A2335.2.4.) Fish eat other fish: guilty must swim deep. (Cf. A2444.1.) Diver eats nests of small birds: must not nest away from water. (Cf. A2431.3.2.)

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