Why cat has jagged ears

Motif

Why cat has jagged ears.

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: body. · Origin of animal characteristics: head. · view the constellation · filed as A2325.6

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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.

Irish mythCross.

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Filed under Origin of animals' ears.

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

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