μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Ant carries load as heavy as himself. Defeats bear, raven (or other bird). Various explanations. (Cf. A2435.3.3, A2486.1.)

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Various causes of animal characteristics. · Animal characteristics: result of contest. · view the constellation · filed as A2251.1

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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.

  • general *Type 280
  • general *Dh III 144.
Within the index

Filed under Animal characteristics from contest in carrying.

Travels with
Food of bear. (Cf. A2251.1.)Why raven lays eggs in March. (Cf. A2251.1.)
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