μῦθοι Mythoi
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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.

  • general Dh III 10ff.
Within the index

Filed under Origin of animal characteristics: body covering.

12 finer motifs beneath it
Why swine's belly is bareWhy fly is baldWhy buzzard is baldWhy crow's head is baldWhy raven is baldWhy magpie is baldWhy vulture is baldWhy bat is baldWhy bird's feet are bareWhy baboon has bare place on back. (Cf. A2213.2.3.)Why john-crow has bald headWhy opossum has bare tail
Filed beside it
Origin of animal's skinOrigin of animal shellOrigin of bird's feathersOrigin of fish's scales

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