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

Motif

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

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

Cited in the index

general *Dh III 14ff.

Within the index

Filed under Animal characteristics from transformation.

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

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Animal characteristics from transformation of animal

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Origin of anteater's proboscis. Transformed digging-stick. (Cf. A2262.) How wolf got long tail. (Cf. A2215.1; Cf. A2262.) Why hare has short tail. (Cf. A2215.2, A2262.)

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