Race of culture hero with ostrich: ostrich loses beautiful feathers. (Cf. A2402.2.)

Motif

Race of culture hero with ostrich: ostrich loses beautiful feathers. (Cf. A2402.2.)

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Various causes of animal characteristics. · Animal characteristics: result of contest. · view the constellation · filed as A2252.3

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general Dh III 145.

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Filed under Animal characteristics determined by race.

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Race of animals to see where each shall live. (Cf. A2433.1.1.)Race of ox and horse: ox must labor. Horse wins and ox must serve as draft animal. (Cf. A2515.1.)Flounder complains in race: crooked mouth. In race between fish he cries out in jealousy because herring is winning. He is punished with crooked mouth. (Cf. A2341.1.)

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How ostrich lost beautiful feathers. (Cf. A2252.3.)

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