Why hornbill speaks through his nose

Motif

Why hornbill speaks through his nose.

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: appearance and habits. · Animal characteristics: voice and hearing. · view the constellation · filed as A2423.1.5

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

Africa (Cameroon)Mansfield 234.

Within the index

Filed under Animal's ugly voice.

Filed beside it

Woodcock's ugly voice. Exchanged with thrush. (Cf. A2245.1.)Peacock's ugly voice. (Cf. A2236.2.2.)Loon's ugly voice Why ass brays. (Cf. A2239.3.)Origin of snail's monotonous voice

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