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Motif

Cat garbles message from man to tiger: enmity between man and tiger.

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Various causes of animal characteristics. · Animal characteristics from miscellaneous causes. · view the constellation · filed as A2281.1.1

Filed across the traditions
  • India *Thompson-Balys.
Within the index

Filed under Cat loses dog's certificate: enmity between cats and dogs. Dog is given a certificate of nobility. Through cat's carelessness it is lost. (Cf. A2275.5, A2494.1.2.)

Filed beside it
Quarrel of dog and cat about which was higher caste

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