How caribou got antlers. Exchanged his teeth for walrus's horns. (Cf. A2247.)

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How caribou got antlers. Exchanged his teeth for walrus's horns. (Cf. A2247.)

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: body. · Origin of animal characteristics: head. · view the constellation · filed as A2326.1.2

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Eskimo (Labrador) Hawks GSCan XIV 159.

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How stag got antlers. From camel How sheep got horns How ox got horns. Exchanged for horse's teeth. (Cf. A2247.) How goats got horns How horned-viper got horns

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Animal characteristics: exchange of qualities. (Cf. A2313.2, A2326.1.2, A2326.1.4, A2326.2.1, A2332.6.5, A2345.4, A2378.1.3, A2378.1.4, A2421.2, A2421.3, A2431.3.3, A2431.3.4, A2435.3.1, A2435.3.2.)

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