Origin of peacock's feathers. (Cf. A2241, A2245.)

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Origin of peacock's feathers. (Cf. A2241, A2245.)

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: body. · Origin of animal characteristics: body covering. · view the constellation · filed as A2313.3

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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

BuddhistThe Jataka, or Stories of the Buddha's Former Births, Book I
North American IndigenousMyths of the Cherokee, Miscellaneous Myths and Legends — Myth 116116. THE STAR FEATHERS
Hermetic / AlchemicalThe Hermetic Museum, Restored and Enlarged, Tract 14: The New Chemical Light, Part I (Michael Sendivogius)

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

LithuanianBalys Index No. 3142, Legends No. 256f.

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Filed under Origin of bird's feathers.

Filed beside it

Origin of cuckoo's feathers. (Cf. A2241.6.)Origin of magpie's feathers. Exchanges with dove. (Cf. A2247.)Origin of nkundak's feathers. (Cf. A2223.2.)Why young ravens have white feathers

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Animal characteristics: borrowing and not returning. Animal borrows a member (or quality) from another and refuses to return it. (Cf. A2242, A2313.3, A2345.1, A2351.3, A2375.2.1, A2421.4, A2435.4.1.)Animal characteristics: stolen from another animal. (Cf. A2313.3, A2375.2.2.)

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