Why buffalo's horns are bent

Motif

Why buffalo's horns are bent.

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: body. · Origin of animal characteristics: head. · view the constellation · filed as A2326.3.4

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general Dh III 30.

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Filed under Nature of animal's horns.

Filed beside it

Why cows have two horns. (Cf. A2286.2.3.) How stag got long antlers Why antelope's antlers reach backward Why mountain-sheep's horns are close together

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