Why animals lack tail — Mythoi

Motif

Why animals lack tail.

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: body. · Animal characteristics: extremities. · view the constellation · filed as A2378.2

Within the index

Filed under Origin and nature of animal's tail.

8 finer motifs beneath it

Why quail has no tail. Tricks crab into pulling out tail instead of killing her. Says that gripping her neck would not hurt but that pulling tail will be fatal How goats lost tails. (Cf. A2216.2.) How frogs lost tails. (Cf. A2231.4, A2236.3.) How bear lost tail. (Cf. A2216.1.) Why hydrax has no tail. (Cf. A2235.) How frog lost tail. (Cf. A2242, lent to squirrel.) How toad lost tail Why flies lack tail

Filed beside it

Why animals have tail. (Cf. A2286.2.4.) Why animal has long tail Why animal has short tail Why animal has forked tail Why animal has bushy tail Why animal has flat tail Origin of color of animal's tail Nature of animal's tail – miscellaneous

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