Why certain species of eagle cries like a baby: spirit of tortured baby became an eagle

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Why certain species of eagle cries like a baby: spirit of tortured baby became an eagle.

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: appearance and habits. · Animal characteristics: voice and hearing. · view the constellation · filed as A2426.2.15

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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.

IndiaThompson-Balys.

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Filed under Cries of birds.

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Nightingale's song. (Cf. A2272.1.1.)Garden warbler's song. (Cf. A2272.1.3.)Bittern's song. (Cf. A2261.1, A2275.3.)Hoopoe's song. (Cf. A2261.1, A2275.3.)Cuckoo's song. (Cf. A2275.2.)Cawing of crow Croaking of raven Why dove coos Why goose quacks Why duck quacks What parrot says Meaning of swallow's song Cackling of guinea hen Origin of cry of brain-fever bird Origin of owl's cries. (Cf. A2427.3.)Origin and meaning of cock's cry "cock-a-doodle-do"

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