Why water-hen has red eyes

Motif

Why water-hen has red eyes.

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: body. · Origin of animal characteristics: face. · view the constellation · filed as A2332.5.3

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GermanicGrimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 8080.— THE DEATH OF THE LITTLE HEN.

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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general Plains Cree: Skinner JAFL XXIX 349.

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Filed under Color of animal's eyes.

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