μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
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.

  • IndiaThompson-Balys.
Within the index

Filed under Animal characteristics: borrowing and not returning. Animal borrows a member (or quality) from another and refuses to return it. (Cf. A2242, A2313.3, A2345.1, A2351.3, A2375.2.1, A2421.4, A2435.4.1.)

Filed beside it
Stag's horns borrowed from dog. (Cf. A2326.1.1.)Owl's wings borrowed from rat (or other animal)Partridge's voice borrowed from tortoiseCuckoo borrows food from other birds. (Cf. A2435.4.1.)Nightingale borrows blindworm's eye. Each has one eye. Nightingale borrow's blindworm's and will not return it.(Cf. A2332.6.1.)Jay borrows cuckoo's skin. (Cf. A2313.1.)Squirrel borrows coney's tail. When coney's tail is not returned, he goes in shame to live among rocks. (Cf. A2378.1.5, A2433.3.5.)Boy borrows python's hands and feet: hence python lacks them. (Cf. A2371.3.1.)Hornbill borrows tomtit's bill. (Cf. A2343.1.4.)Beaver borrows muskrat's tail and never gives it back

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