Color of guinea-fowl. (Cf. A2219.1.)

Motif

Color of guinea-fowl. (Cf. A2219.1.)

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: appearance and habits. · Animal characteristics: color and smell. · view the constellation · filed as A2411.2.6.6

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Scholars’ trail — 2references

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.

Africa (Cameroon)Mansfield 226.
general Dh III 67. – Am. Negro (Georgia): Harris Nights 193 No. 33

Within the index

Filed under Origin of color of other birds.

Filed beside it

Color of loon. (Cf. A2219.1.)Color of swan Color of goose Color of duck Color of turkey. (Cf. A2219.1.)Color of peacock Color of partridge. (Cf. A2218, A2219.1.)Color of pheasant Color of cuckoo Color of parrot. (Cf. A2219.1.)

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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