Origin of cuckoo's feathers. (Cf. A2241.6.)

Motif

Origin of cuckoo's feathers. (Cf. A2241.6.)

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: body. · Origin of animal characteristics: body covering. · view the constellation · filed as A2313.1

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Finnish The Kalevala , Rune XXIX
Literary Crystallization Four Plays (The Tempest, A Midsummer-Night's Dream, The Winter's Tale, King Lear) — University Press Shakespeare, ed. Sidney Lee , A Midsummer-Night's Dream Act 3
Finnish The Kalevala , Rune II

Cited in the index

general Dh. III 140. – Finnish: Aarne FFC VIII 17 No. 94 (cf. A2411.2.6.10).

Within the index

Filed under Origin of bird's feathers.

Filed beside it

Origin of magpie's feathers. Exchanges with dove. (Cf. A2247.) Origin of peacock's feathers. (Cf. A2241, A2245.) Origin of nkundak's feathers. (Cf. A2223.2.) Why young ravens have white feathers

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Jay borrows cuckoo's skin. (Cf. A2313.1.)

Carried in tale types

The Jay Borrows the Cuckoo's Skin · ATU 235 1 recorded variant

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