How goats got horns

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How goats got horns.

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: body. · Origin of animal characteristics: head. · view the constellation · filed as A2326.1.5

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Tahltan Teit JAFL XXXII 215.

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Filed under How animals got horns.

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

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