Speech of fireflies

Motif

Speech of fireflies.

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: appearance and habits. · Animal characteristics: voice and hearing. · view the constellation · filed as A2426.3.6

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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.

Within the index

Filed under Sounds of insects.

Filed beside it

Beetle's hum. (Cf. A2231.11.)Gnat's buzz. (Cf. A2236.1.)Fly's buzz. (Cf. A2239.2.)Cricket's chirp. (Cf. A2272.1.2.)Mosquito's buzz

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