Why deer's tail tastes like liver

Motif

Why deer's tail tastes like liver.

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: body. · Animal characteristics: extremities. · view the constellation · filed as A2378.9.4

Filed across the traditions

India Thompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Nature of animal's tail – miscellaneous.

Filed beside it

Why king-salmon is thick around root of tail Why baboons have crooked tails. (Cf. A2262.2.) Why hares have cotton tail. Deity rubs cotton on hare Why rat's tail looks like a folded leaf. (Cf. A2317.12.3)

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