Why beaver has flat tail. (Cf. A2247.6, A2241.10, A2378.1.6.)

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Why beaver has flat tail. (Cf. A2247.6, A2241.10, A2378.1.6.)

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: body. · Animal characteristics: extremities. · view the constellation · filed as A2378.7.1

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Beaver borrows muskrat's tail and never gives it back Beaver and muskrat exchange tails Where beaver got tail. (Cf. A2241.10.)

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