How animal lost voice (or power of speech)

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How animal lost voice (or power of speech).

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: appearance and habits. · Animal characteristics: voice and hearing. · view the constellation · filed as A2422

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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.

general Dh III 231ff. India: Thompson-Balys.

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Filed under Animal characteristics: voice and hearing.

10 finer motifs beneath it

Why dog lost his power of speech Why sheep do not speak. Curse of Virgin Mary. (Cf. A2231)Why white crow is dumb Why tortoise has no voice. (Cf. A2421.4.)Why fly has no voice Why raven cannot talk Why frogs cannot speak Why cormorant cannot speak. (Cf. A2344.2.5.)Why swallows lost voice. (Cf. A2231.2.2.)Why cock does not speak

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How animal got voice General quality of animal's voice Origin of animal cries. (Cf. A2261.1, A2272.1, A2275.1, A2275.2.)Nature and meaning of animal cries Why animal howls (cries out) at night Animal's hearing

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