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Motif

Animal characteristics: result of contest.

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

Filed across the traditions
  • India Thompson-Balys
  • Chinese Graham.
  • general *Dh III 141ff. Arawak and Carib: Alexander Latin American 274
Within the index
11 finer motifs beneath it
Cock and ptarmigan in contest: winner to live in town. (Cf. A2433.1.1, A2433.4.2, A2433.4.3.) Lizard wins contest with toad: why snakes and lizards change their skins Animal characteristics from contest in carrying Animal characteristics determined by race Animal characteristics from jumping contest Bird characteristics from flying contests Animal characteristics result of lawsuit Animal characteristics from contest in watching Animal characteristics from duel Animal characteristics: as a result of quarrel [First Edition: A2259. Animal characteristics from miscellaneous contests.]

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