Elephant loses its breasts

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Elephant loses its breasts.

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: body. · Origin of animal characteristics: trunk. · view the constellation · filed as A2353.3

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IndiaThompson-Balys.

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Filed under Origin and nature of animal's breast.

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