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Nature of animal's horns.

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: body. · Origin of animal characteristics: head. · view the constellation · filed as A2326.3

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Filed under Origin and nature of animal's horns.

5 finer motifs beneath it
Why cows have two horns. (Cf. A2286.2.3.) How stag got long antlers Why antelope's antlers reach backward Why buffalo's horns are bent Why mountain-sheep's horns are close together
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How animals got horns Why some animals have no horns

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