Animal characteristics learned from another animal — Mythoi

Motif

Animal characteristics learned from another animal.

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Various causes of animal characteristics. · Animal characteristics from miscellaneous causes. · view the constellation · filed as A2271

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Filed under Animal characteristics from miscellaneous causes.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Thrush teaches dove to build nest. (Cf. A2431.3.1.) Sparrow taught to sing by lark but not sufficiently: where sparrow got voice

Filed beside it

Animal characteristics: imitation of other animal or object Animal habit a reminiscence of former experience Enmity between animals from original quarrel. (Cf. A2494.1.1, A2494.1.3, A2494.2.3.) Present habitat of animals result of ancient quarrel. (Cf. A2433.3.3, A2433.3.4, A2433.3.21, A2433.6.1.) Two animals learn songs together – one successfully, the other unsuccessfully. (Cf. A2425.) Origin of animal characteristics: animal persuaded into self-injury Animal characteristics established by deity Jesus causes animal characteristics. (Cf. A2221, A2231.) Animal characteristics obtained during deluge Animal characteristics: change for convenience Wild animals lose their ferocity through fear of Behemoth

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