Why magpie is bald

Motif

Why magpie is bald.

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: body. · Origin of animal characteristics: body covering. · view the constellation · filed as A2317.6

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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.

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Filed under Why certain animals are bare of covering.

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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 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 Why opossum has bare tail

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