How wolf got long tail. (Cf. A2215.1; Cf. A2262.)

Motif

How wolf got long tail. (Cf. A2215.1; Cf. A2262.)

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: body. · Animal characteristics: extremities. · view the constellation · filed as A2378.3.3

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How magpie got long tail. (Cf. A2236.4.) How muskrat got long, thin tail Why fox has long tail. (Cf. A2213.4.2.)

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Stick (leaf) thrown at animal's rump: hence tails. (Cf. A2378.3.3.) Animal characteristics from transformation of implement (or other object). (Cf. A2335.3.1, A2378.3.3, A2378.4.1.)

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