Crow's nest — Mythoi

Motif

Crow's nest.

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: appearance and habits. · Animal characteristics: dwelling and food. · view the constellation · filed as A2431.3.6

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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Literary CrystallizationMoby-Dick; or, The Whale, 35
North American IndigenousMyths of the Cherokee, Miscellaneous Myths and Legends — Myth 124124. LOCAL LEGENDS OF TENNESSEE
Japanese / ShintoNihongi: Chronicles of Japan, Book 25
Hermetic / AlchemicalThe Hermetic Museum, Restored and Enlarged, Tract 16: An Open Entrance to the Closed Palace of the King (Eirenaeus Philalethes)
BuddhistThe Jataka, or Stories of the Buddha's Former Births, Book III

Within the index

Filed under Nature of birds' nests.

3 finer motifs beneath it

Why crow cannot enter sparrow's nest Why crow's nest is not tightly built Why crow must build nests far from people's houses

Filed beside it

Dove's nest. (Cf. A2271.1.)Diver's nest. (Cf. A2238.4.)Ring-dove's nest. Exchanged with gull. (Cf. A2247.)Gull's nest. Exchanged with ringdove. (Cf. A2247.)Swallow's nest. (Cf. A2221.2.4.)Sparrow's nest Turkey's nest

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