Why opossum has bare tail

Motif

Why opossum has bare tail.

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: body. · Origin of animal characteristics: body covering. · view the constellation · filed as A2317.12

Filed across the traditions

Am. Negro (Georgia) Harris Remus 129 No. 27
Cherokee Alexander N. Am. 65.

Within the index

Filed under Why certain animals are bare of covering.

3 finer motifs beneath it

Why kangaroo-rat's tail is not bushy Why jackal has bare tail Why rat's tail is round and without any hair. (Cf. A2378.9.5.)

Filed beside it

Why swine's belly is bare Why fly is bald Why buzzard is bald Why crow's head is bald Why raven is bald Why magpie is bald Why vulture is bald Why bat is bald Why bird's feet are bare Why baboon has bare place on back. (Cf. A2213.2.3.) Why john-crow has bald head

Carried in tale types

False Beauty Treatment (previously 'Painting' on the Haycock) · ATU 8 1 recorded variant

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