Serpent steals from God's coat a stick for his back. (Cf. A2356.1.1.)

Motif

Serpent steals from God's coat a stick for his back. (Cf. A2356.1.1.)

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Various causes of animal characteristics. · Animal characteristics from transformation. · view the constellation · filed as A2262.3

Filed across the traditions

Finnish Aarne FFC VIII 19 No. 109.

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

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Origin of snake's back. From a stick. (Cf. A2262.3.)

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