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Animal characteristics: claws and hoofs.

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: body. · Animal characteristics: extremities. · view the constellation · filed as A2376

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Filed under Animal characteristics: extremities.

5 finer motifs beneath it
Why cow has cloven hoof Dog's claws as grains under paws. In the great famine, God leaves the dog grain under his paws. From this grows new seed Why porcupine has only four claws How crab got its claws Why crab has legs like teeth of a comb
Filed beside it
Origin and nature of animal's legs Origin and nature of animal's feet Animal characteristics: wings Origin and nature of animal's tail

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