Why gnat has no tongue. (Cf. A2236.1.)

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Why gnat has no tongue. (Cf. A2236.1.)

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: body. · Origin of animal characteristics: face. · view the constellation · filed as A2344.2.1

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Why eel has no tongue Why swallow has no tongue Why titmouse has no tongue Why cormorant has no tongue. (Cf. A2422.8.) Why magpie has no tongue. (Cf. A2236.4.)

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What creature has sweetest blood: gnat's tongue torn out. Assembly to decide who has the sweetest blood so that it may be the food for the serpent. Gnat discovers that man has the sweetest blood. Rather than let him tell this secret, swallow tears out his tongue. Gnat can only buzz. (Cf. A2344.2, A2426.3.2.)

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