Markings on other animals

Motif

Markings on other animals.

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: appearance and habits. · Animal characteristics: color and smell. · view the constellation · filed as A2412.5

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IndicThe Mahābhārata, Book 1, Section CXV
IndicThe Mahābhārata, Book 1, Section LXXIV
IndicThe Mahābhārata, Book 5, Section LXXIII
Hermetic / AlchemicalThrice-Greatest Hermes, Volume I: Prolegomena, Chapter VIII: Philo of Alexandria and the Hellenistic Theology
ReferenceThe Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged), Chapter XXVIIIXXVIII. The Killing of the Tree-Spirit

Within the index

Filed under Origin of animal markings. (Cf. A2211.12, A2221.3, A2221.7.)

2 finer motifs beneath it

Markings on tortoise's back Why toads have warts on their backs. (Cf. A2356.2.)

Filed beside it

Creator sends two deities to tatoo all creatures: origin of animal markings Markings of mammals Markings on birds. (Cf. A2211.7.)Markings on insects Markings on fish. (Cf. A2217.3, A2213.2.)

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