Cry of squirrel

Motif

Cry of squirrel.

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: appearance and habits. · Animal characteristics: voice and hearing. · view the constellation · filed as A2426.1.2

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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

YorubaThe Yoruba-Speaking Peoples of the Slave Coast of West Africa, Chapter 13
North American IndigenousMyths of the Cherokee, Historical Traditions — Myth 99gg. THE SHAWANO WARS
North American IndigenousTales of the North American Indians, Tale 54LIV. MUDJIKIWIS 7°

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.

FinnishAarne FFC IX 3 No. 3. Tahltan: Teit JAFL XXXII 220.

Within the index

Filed under Cries of mammals.

1 finer motif beneath it

Squirrel's call: asks whether viper (who ate up his children) is his friend

Filed beside it

Cry of bush-cat. (Cf. A2275.4.)Why hog grunts The hedgehog's cry Why dog barks after thief Why bats cry as they fly

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