μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Cock and ptarmigan in contest: winner to live in town. (Cf. A2433.1.1, A2433.4.2, A2433.4.3.)

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Various causes of animal characteristics. · Animal characteristics: result of contest. · view the constellation · filed as A2250.1

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Scholars’ trail — 2references

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.

  • FinnishAarne FFC XXXIII 54 No. 83*
  • EsthonianAarne FFC XXV 147 No. 49.
Within the index

Filed under Animal characteristics: result of contest.

1 finer motif beneath it
Man and tiger in contest: winner to live in town
Filed beside it
Lizard wins contest with toad: why snakes and lizards change their skinsAnimal characteristics from contest in carryingAnimal characteristics determined by raceAnimal characteristics from jumping contestBird characteristics from flying contestsAnimal characteristics result of lawsuitAnimal characteristics from contest in watchingAnimal characteristics from duelAnimal characteristics: as a result of quarrel[First Edition: A2259. Animal characteristics from miscellaneous contests.]
Travels with
Animal haunt established by contest (race). (Cf. A2250.1, A2252.1.)Why cock lives in town. (Cf. A2250.1.)Why ptarmigan lives in country. (Cf. A2250.1.)
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