Jackal persuades hyena to jump and break foot. Latter has short left hind foot. (Cf. A2375.2.5.)

Motif

Jackal persuades hyena to jump and break foot. Latter has short left hind foot. (Cf. A2375.2.5.)

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Various causes of animal characteristics. · Animal characteristics from miscellaneous causes. · view the constellation · filed as A2284.6

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HottentotBleek 14 No. 14.

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Filed under Origin of animal characteristics: animal persuaded into self-injury.

Filed beside it

Animal persuaded to amputate limb: therefore lacks it. (Cf. A2371.2.10, A2377.1.)Bustard persuaded to kill all but two children: has but two eggs. (Cf. A2486.2.)Worm, thinking that world is coming to end, blinds self so as not to see calamity. (Cf. A2332.6.4.)Elephant tricked into eating own testicles. Has them inside. (Cf. A2365.1.1.)Coyote persuaded to break leg: therefore has thin right leg. (Cf. A2371.2.6.)

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Why hyena has short left hind foot. Deceived into jumping by jackal. (Cf. A2284.6.)

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