Bad smell of goat. (Cf. A2232.5.)

Motif

Bad smell of goat. (Cf. A2232.5.)

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: appearance and habits. · Animal characteristics: color and smell. · view the constellation · filed as A2416.1

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Scholars’ trail — 3references

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 (Ekoi)Talbot 226, (Cameroon): Mansfield 227.
general Dh III 233
general Fb "gjedebuk" IV 178b. – Ibo (Nigeria): Thomas 125

Within the index

Filed under Origin and nature of animal's smell.

Filed beside it

Burnt smell of mink Bad smell of skunk Burnt smell of wolverine Why ram smells bad Why bugs smell bad Why herrings have bad odor

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Animals ask for goddess's perfume: punishment, bad odor. (Cf. A2416.1.)

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