Why raven has nose marked as if it had been broken off

Motif

Why raven has nose marked as if it had been broken off.

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: body. · Origin of animal characteristics: face. · view the constellation · filed as A2335.2.3

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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.

TahltanTeit JAFL XXXII 225.

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Filed under Nature of animal's nose. (Cf. A2213.4.3.)

Filed beside it

Why deer has white mark on nose. From white ashes Why lynx has short, blunt nose Why hare's nose is closed during sowing season. (Cf. A2238.1.)Why steer has no hair on his nose. (Cf. A2221.5.1.)

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