How partridge got voice. Borrowed from tortoise. (Cf. A2241)

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How partridge got voice. Borrowed from tortoise. (Cf. A2241).

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: appearance and habits. · Animal characteristics: voice and hearing. · view the constellation · filed as A2421.4

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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.

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How quail got voice

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How night-swallow got voice How woodcock got voice. Traded with turkey. (Cf. A2247)Where crow got voice. Traded with thunder-bird. (Cf. A2247)How nkundak got voice. (Cf. A2223.2.)Why cocks crow Voice of peewit Why cat purrs. (Cf. A2236.8.)

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Animal characteristics: borrowing and not returning. Animal borrows a member (or quality) from another and refuses to return it. (Cf. A2242, A2313.3, A2345.1, A2351.3, A2375.2.1, A2421.4, A2435.4.1.)Why tortoise has no voice. (Cf. A2421.4.)

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