Stripes of chipmunk. (Cf. A2217.2.)

Motif

Stripes of chipmunk. (Cf. A2217.2.)

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: appearance and habits. · Animal characteristics: color and smell. · view the constellation · filed as A2413.2

Cited in the index

general Dh III 57.

Within the index

Filed under Origin of animal's stripes.

Filed beside it

Stripes of zebra Stripes of squirrel Stripes of tiger Stripes of alligator Stripes of cony Stripes on trout

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Chipmunk's back scratched: hence his stripes. As he is trying to escape, bear catches him with his claws and marks him permanently. (Cf. A2413.2.)

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