μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Nature of animal's tail – miscellaneous.

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: body. · Animal characteristics: extremities. · view the constellation · filed as A2378.9

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Filed under Origin and nature of animal's tail.

5 finer motifs beneath 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 Why rat's tail looks like a folded leaf. (Cf. A2317.12.3)
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Why animals have tail. (Cf. A2286.2.4.) Why animals lack tail Why animal has long tail Why animal has short tail Why animal has forked tail Why animal has bushy tail Why animal has flat tail Origin of color of animal's tail

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