μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Two animals learn songs together – one successfully, the other unsuccessfully. (Cf. A2425.)

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Various causes of animal characteristics. · Animal characteristics from miscellaneous causes. · view the constellation · filed as A2283

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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.

  • general *Dh III 365ff.
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Filed under Animal characteristics from miscellaneous causes.

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Animal characteristics learned from another animalAnimal characteristics: imitation of other animal or objectAnimal habit a reminiscence of former experienceEnmity 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.)Origin of animal characteristics: animal persuaded into self-injuryAnimal characteristics established by deityJesus causes animal characteristics. (Cf. A2221, A2231.)Animal characteristics obtained during delugeAnimal characteristics: change for convenienceWild animals lose their ferocity through fear of Behemoth
Travels with
Origin of animal cries. (Cf. A2261.1, A2272.1, A2275.1, A2275.2.)

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