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

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

FinnishAarne 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

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

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