Why ass has long ears

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Why ass has long ears.

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: body. · Origin of animal characteristics: head. · view the constellation · filed as A2325.3

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Scholars’ trail — 2references

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.

FlemishDeMeyer FFC XXXVII 86 No. 58b.
LithuanianBalys Index No. 3125, Legends No. 226.

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Filed under Origin of animals' ears.

Filed beside it

Why rabbit has long ears Why hare's ears are black. (Cf. A2212.1.)Why camel has short ears. (Cf. A2232.1.)Why zebra has long ears Why cat has jagged ears Why camel has no ears. (Cf. A2232.1.)Why serpent has no ears

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