μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

  • general Dh III 30ff. India: Thompson-Balys.
Within the index

Filed under Origin of animal characteristics: head.

3 finer motifs beneath it
How animals got hornsWhy some animals have no hornsNature of animal's horns
Filed beside it
How snake got small head. (Cf. A2213.1.)How turtle got snake-like head. (Cf. A2247.2.)How lizard got red head. (Cf. A2211.8.)Why crab has no headWhy bird's head is so largeWhy crocodile has marks of water pot on headWhy palm-rat has swollen headOrigin of bird crestsOrigin of hair and maneOrigin of animals' ears

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