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 CrystallizationFour Plays (The Tempest, A Midsummer-Night's Dream, The Winter's Tale, King Lear) — University Press Shakespeare, ed. Sidney Lee, King Lear Act 1
GermanicGrimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 157157.— THE SPARROW AND HIS FOUR CHILDREN.

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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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