Nature and meaning of animal cries

Motif

Nature and meaning of animal cries.

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

Cited in the index

general *Dh III 355 ff. Finnish: *Aarne FFC IX.

Within the index

Filed under Animal characteristics: voice and hearing.

4 finer motifs beneath it

Cries of mammals Cries of birds Sounds of insects Other animal cries

Filed beside it

How animal got voice How animal lost voice (or power of speech) General quality of animal's voice Origin of animal cries. (Cf. A2261.1, A2272.1, A2275.1, A2275.2.) Why animal howls (cries out) at night Animal's hearing

Carried in tale types

Animals in Peril at Sea (previously Duck, Rooster, and Sheep in Peril at Sea) · ATU 204 1 recorded variant

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