Origin of color of bird.
Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: appearance and habits. · Animal characteristics: color and smell. · view the constellation · filed as A2411.2
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
- HawaiianLegends of Maui and Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes, IXIX.
- Mesoamerican (Maya / Nahua)Popol Vuh, or Book of the Holy Assembly (Guthrie translation, serialized, truncated), Part 1, Chapter 9
- North American IndigenousTales of the North American Indians, Tale 43XLII. THE ATTACK ON THE GIANT ELK ™
- North American IndigenousMyths of the Cherokee, Bird Myths — Myth 3535. the bird tribes
- Literary CrystallizationParadise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books, Book 5
Scholars’ trail — 6references
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.
- LithuanianBalys Index Nos. 3158, 3165, Legends No. 261f.
- ChineseEberhard FFC CXX 127
- JapaneseIkeda
- S. Am. Indian (Toba)Métraux MAFLS XL 39f.
- general N. Am. Indian (Canadian Dakota): Wallis JAFL XXXVI 66
- general (Southern Ute): Lowie JAFL XXXVII 32 No. 18, 69 No. 38, (Tahltan): Teit JAFL XXXII 208f.