μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Where mole got tail. Traded eyes for it. (Cf. A2247, A2332.6.5.)

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: body. · Animal characteristics: extremities. · view the constellation · filed as A2378.1.4

Filed across the traditions
  • Spanish Boggs FFC XC 38 No. 287.
Within the index

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

Filed beside it
Where baboon got tail. (Cf. A2262.2.) Where rat got tail. (Cf. A2241.7.) Where lizard got tail. From the snake. (Cf. A2247.) 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.)
Animal characteristics: exchange of qualities. (Cf. A2313.2, A2326.1.2, A2326.1.4, A2326.2.1, A2332.6.5, A2345.4, A2378.1.3, A2378.1.4, A2421.2, A2421.3, A2431.3.3, A2431.3.4, A2435.3.1, A2435.3.2.) Why mole is blind

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