Origin of animal's long neck

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Origin of animal's long neck.

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: body. · Origin of animal characteristics: trunk. · view the constellation · filed as A2351.4

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Indic The Mahābhārata , Book 12, Section CXII
North American Indigenous Tales of the North American Indians , Tale 92 XCIII. ADAM AND EVE:?s
Middle Eastern The Thousand and One Nights, commonly called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments , Chapter 20
Depth Commentary Themis: A Study of the Social Origins of Greek Religion , CHAPTER V.

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Filed under Origin and nature of animal's neck.

3 finer motifs beneath it

Origin of stork's long neck Why magpie has long neck Origin of antelope's long neck

Filed beside it

Why camel's neck bends upwards Why eagle-owl's head turns on its neck Where Jahrvogel (rhytidoceros) got its necklace. Borrowed form dove. (Cf. A2241.) Why tortoise's neck is outstretched toward the sky: is looking for his wife, the star Where horse got arched neck: arches neck to kick tiger from rear; remains so Why munia wears his crop on the back of his neck

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