Origin of animal cries. (Cf. A2261.1, A2272.1, A2275.1, A2275.2.)

Motif

Origin of animal cries. (Cf. A2261.1, A2272.1, A2275.1, A2275.2.)

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: appearance and habits. · Animal characteristics: voice and hearing. · view the constellation · filed as A2425

Filed across the traditions

India Thompson-Balys.
general *Millier (A.) Petits Contes du Nivernais (Nevers, 1894)
general Dh III 355ff.
general BP II 535
general Wienert FFC LVI 40
general Chauvin VIII 49 No. 17

Within the index

Filed under Animal characteristics: voice and hearing.

2 finer motifs beneath it

How dog began to bark Origin of birds' morning-songs (from singing angels)

Filed beside it

How animal got voice How animal lost voice (or power of speech) General quality of animal's voice Nature and meaning of animal cries Why animal howls (cries out) at night Animal's hearing

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Shepherd transformed to bird still calls sheep: explanation of bird cries. Usually told of hoopoe and bittern. (Cf. A1952, A1965.2, A2275.3, A2425, A2426.2.3, A2426.2.4.) Animal cries: imitation of sounds. (Cf. A2425.) Animal cries a lament for person lost when animal was transformed. (Cf. A2260, A2425.) Animal cries a lament over animal's transformation. (Cf. A2425, A2426.2.5.) Two animals learn songs together – one successfully, the other unsuccessfully. (Cf. A2425.)

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