How ostrich lost beautiful feathers. (Cf. A2252.3.)

Motif

How ostrich lost beautiful feathers. (Cf. A2252.3.)

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: appearance and habits. · Animal characteristics: general appearance. · view the constellation · filed as A2402.2

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Filed under Cause of animal's ugliness.

Filed beside it

Cause of serpent's ugliness. (Cf. A2286.0.1.)

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Race of culture hero with ostrich: ostrich loses beautiful feathers. (Cf. A2402.2.)

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