μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Pegs driven into backs of baboons become tails. (Cf. A2378.9.2, A2378.1.1.)

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Various causes of animal characteristics. · Animal characteristics from transformation. · view the constellation · filed as A2262.2

Cited in the index
  • general Bushman (South of Zambesi): Theal 56.
Within the index

Filed under Animal characteristics from transformation of implement (or other object). (Cf. A2335.3.1, A2378.3.3, A2378.4.1.)

Filed beside it
Horse originally had eyes on feet: put out and became eyelike marks. (Cf. A2371.2.7.) Serpent steals from God's coat a stick for his back. (Cf. A2356.1.1.)
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Where baboon got tail. (Cf. A2262.2.) Why baboons have crooked tails. (Cf. A2262.2.)

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