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Motif

Horse originally had eyes on feet: put out and became eyelike marks. (Cf. A2371.2.7.)

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Various causes of animal characteristics. · Animal characteristics from transformation. · view the constellation · filed as A2262.1

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  • general Dh III 45. – Finnish: Aarne FFC VIII 12 No. 61.
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Filed under Animal characteristics from transformation of implement (or other object). (Cf. A2335.3.1, A2378.3.3, A2378.4.1.)

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Pegs driven into backs of baboons become tails. (Cf. A2378.9.2, A2378.1.1.)Serpent steals from God's coat a stick for his back. (Cf. A2356.1.1.)
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Why horse has eye-like marks on forelegs. (Cf. A2262.1.)

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