Why dogs do not speak.
Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: appearance and habits. · Animal characteristics: voice and hearing. · view the constellation · filed as A2422.1.1
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
- Literary Crystallization Four Plays (The Tempest, A Midsummer-Night's Dream, The Winter's Tale, King Lear) — University Press Shakespeare, ed. Sidney Lee , The Tempest Act 3
- Hawaiian Legends of Maui and Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes , VII VII.
- Depth Commentary Primitive Culture: Researches into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art, and Custom , Chapter V
- Norse The Story of the Volsungs (Volsunga Saga) , IX
Filed across the traditions
- Zuñi Handy JAFL XXXI 467
- Tahltan Teit JAFL XXXII 243
- India Thompson-Balys.
- general Dh III 232. Benga: Nassau 163 No. 22
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