Sparrow's nest

Motif

Sparrow's nest.

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: appearance and habits. · Animal characteristics: dwelling and food. · view the constellation · filed as A2431.3.7

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Literary Crystallization Four Plays (The Tempest, A Midsummer-Night's Dream, The Winter's Tale, King Lear) — University Press Shakespeare, ed. Sidney Lee , King Lear Act 1
Germanic Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes , Tale 157 157.— THE SPARROW AND HIS FOUR CHILDREN.

Within the index

Filed under Nature of birds' nests.

1 finer motif beneath it

Why sparrow may build nest near people's houses; reward for hospitality

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.) Crow's nest Turkey's nest

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