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Why animal lacks teeth.

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: body. · Origin of animal characteristics: face. · view the constellation · filed as A2345.7

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Filed under Origin and nature of animal's teeth.

3 finer motifs beneath it
Why cow has no upper teeth Why frog has no teeth. (Cf. A2239.8.) Why caribou has no teeth
Filed beside it
Where horse got his upper teeth. Borrowed them from buffalo. (Cf. A2241.) Where coyote got his long teeth Where reindeer got his small teeth Where walrus got his tusks. Traded antlers with caribou for tusks. (Cf. A2247.) Where snake got his fangs. (Cf. A2247.2.) How elephant got its tusks Why hen has no teeth Why gorilla and chimpanzee have large teeth in mouth: punishment for neglecting possessions

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