Why horse has eye-like marks on forelegs. (Cf. A2262.1.)

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Why horse has eye-like marks on forelegs. (Cf. A2262.1.)

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: body. · Animal characteristics: extremities. · view the constellation · filed as A2371.2.7

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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Greco-RomanThe Metamorphoses of Ovid, Book 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.

LithuanianBalys Legends No. 162.

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 lame Why bears have short, crooked legs Why there is meat in front of the caribou's lower legs Why coyote's right leg is thin. (Cf. A2284.5.)Why he-goat has shaggy legs. Braved the wolf, who tore his legs Why diver (loon) holds legs backward. (Cf. A2215.6.)Why kangaroo has short front legs. (Cf. A2284.1.)Why hare has short pair of legs Why daddy-long-legs has long legs

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Horse originally had eyes on feet: put out and became eyelike marks. (Cf. A2371.2.7.)

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