Why cocks crow

Motif

Why cocks crow.

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: appearance and habits. · Animal characteristics: voice and hearing. · view the constellation · filed as A2421.6

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Greco-Roman The Library (Bibliotheca) , APPENDIX, ch. 34
Literary Crystallization Faust: A Tragedy , Second Part, Act 2
Germanic Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes , Tale 116 116.— THE BLUE LIGHT.
Germanic Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes , Tale 91 91.— THE ELVES.
Greek Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica , THE BATTLE OF FROGS AND MICE

Filed across the traditions

Spanish Boggs FFC XC 35 No. *205
Jewish Neuman
India Thompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under How animal got voice.

Filed beside it

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 partridge got voice. Borrowed from tortoise. (Cf. A2241) How nkundak got voice. (Cf. A2223.2.) Voice of peewit Why cat purrs. (Cf. A2236.8.)

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