Origin of animal characteristics: animal persuaded into self-injury — Mythoi

Motif

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

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

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Filed under Animal characteristics from miscellaneous causes.

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

Filed beside it

Animal characteristics learned from another animal 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.) 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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