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Why king-salmon is thick around root of tail.

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: body. · Animal characteristics: extremities. · view the constellation · filed as A2378.9.1

Filed across the traditions
  • Tahltan Teit JAFL XXXII 242.
Within the index

Filed under Nature of animal's tail – miscellaneous.

1 finer motif beneath it
Why salmon has tapering tail
Filed beside it
Why baboons have crooked tails. (Cf. A2262.2.) Why hares have cotton tail. Deity rubs cotton on hare Why deer's tail tastes like liver Why rat's tail looks like a folded leaf. (Cf. A2317.12.3)

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