Where hornbill got his big beak. (Cf. A2241.9.)

Motif

Where hornbill got his big beak. (Cf. A2241.9.)

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: body. · Origin of animal characteristics: face. · view the constellation · filed as A2343.1.4

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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.

Africa (Cameroon)Mansfield 234.

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Filed under Origin of bird's long beak.

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Hornbill borrows tomtit's bill. (Cf. A2343.1.4.)

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