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

Motif

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

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Buddhist The Jataka, or Stories of the Buddha's Former Births , Book I
North American Indigenous Myths of the Cherokee , Miscellaneous Myths and Legends — Myth 116 116. THE STAR FEATHERS
Hermetic / Alchemical The Hermetic Museum, Restored and Enlarged , Tract 14: The New Chemical Light, Part I (Michael Sendivogius)

Filed across the traditions

Lithuanian Balys Index No. 3142, Legends No. 256f.

Within the index

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

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

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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