Where rat got tail. (Cf. A2241.7.)

Motif

Where rat got tail. (Cf. A2241.7.)

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: body. · Animal characteristics: extremities. · view the constellation · filed as A2378.1.2

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North American Indigenous Navaho Legends , Legend 4

Within the index

Filed under Why animals have tail. (Cf. A2286.2.4.)

Filed beside it

Where baboon got tail. (Cf. A2262.2.) Where lizard got tail. From the snake. (Cf. A2247.) Where mole got tail. Traded eyes for it. (Cf. A2247, A2332.6.5.) Where squirrel got tail. (Cf. A2241.7, A2242.) Where beaver got tail. (Cf. A2241.10.) How dog got its tail How monkey got its tail How peacock got its tail

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Squirrel borrows coney's tail. When coney's tail is not returned, he goes in shame to live among rocks. (Cf. A2378.1.5, A2433.3.5.)

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