μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
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.

  • general Dh III 23. Finnish: Aarne FFC VIII 13 No. 73.
Within the index

Filed under Shape of animal's legs.

Filed beside it
Why sheep has thin legs. (Cf. A2231.7.2.)Why hog has "toes" on back of foreleg. Mark of devil's teeth. (Cf. A2287.1.1.)Why ravens have crooked legs and walk lameWhy bears have short, crooked legsWhy there is meat in front of the caribou's lower legsWhy coyote's right leg is thin. (Cf. A2284.5.)Why horse has eye-like marks on forelegs. (Cf. A2262.1.)Why he-goat has shaggy legs. Braved the wolf, who tore his legsWhy diver (loon) holds legs backward. (Cf. A2215.6.)Why kangaroo has short front legs. (Cf. A2284.1.)Why daddy-long-legs has long legs

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