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Why rat's tail looks like a folded leaf. (Cf. A2317.12.3)

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: body. · Animal characteristics: extremities. · view the constellation · filed as A2378.9.5

Filed across the traditions
  • New Hebrides Codrington 360.
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 deer's tail tastes like liver
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Why rat's tail is round and without any hair. (Cf. A2378.9.5.)

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