Origin of cracks in tortoise's shell

Motif

Origin of cracks in tortoise's shell.

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: body. · Origin of animal characteristics: body covering. · view the constellation · filed as A2312.1.1

Filed across the traditions

Ila (Rhodesia) Smith and Dale 373 No. 23.

Within the index

Filed under Origin of tortoise's shell. (Cf. A2215.3, A2231.1.4, A2213.3, A2211.10.)

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Tortoise dropped by eagle: hence cracks in his shell. (Cf. A2312.1.1.)

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