Why ass brays. (Cf. A2239.3.)

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Why ass brays. (Cf. A2239.3.)

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: appearance and habits. · Animal characteristics: voice and hearing. · view the constellation · filed as A2423.1.4

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IndicThe Mahābhārata, Book 8, Section 44
IndicThe Mahābhārata, Book 1, Section CXV
Middle EasternThe Thousand and One Nights, commonly called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, Chapter 5

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Filed under Animal's ugly voice.

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Ass betrays deity's secret: hence his ugly bray

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