Red color of bush-buck. From blood. (Cf. A2219.1.)

Motif

Red color of bush-buck. From blood. (Cf. A2219.1.)

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: appearance and habits. · Animal characteristics: color and smell. · view the constellation · filed as A2411.1.6.3

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

Ila (Rhodesia)Smith and Dale 366 No. 17.

Within the index

Filed under Origin of color of ungulata.

Filed beside it

Color of horse Color of hippopotamus. (Cf. A2247.3.)Color of cow Color of deer. (Cf. A2218.)Color of elk Color of rhinoceros. (Cf. A2247.3.)

Travels with

Animal has color spilled on him: cause of his color. (Cf. A2391.1, A2411.1.1.1, A2411.1.2.4, A2411.1.3.1, A2411.2.1.1, A2411.1.4.2, A2411.1.6.3, A2411.2.1.4, A2411.2.1.6, A2411.2.4.1, A2411.2.6.1, A2411.2.6.5, A2411.2.6.6, A2411.2.6.11, A2411.4.1.)

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