Why hen has no teeth

Motif

Why hen has no teeth.

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: body. · Origin of animal characteristics: face. · view the constellation · filed as A2345.8

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YorubaThe Yoruba-Speaking Peoples of the Slave Coast of West Africa, Chapter 13

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 233.

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Filed under Origin and nature of animal's teeth.

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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 animal lacks teeth Why gorilla and chimpanzee have large teeth in mouth: punishment for neglecting possessions

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