μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Why wasp has nest.

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: appearance and habits. · Animal characteristics: dwelling and food. · view the constellation · filed as A2432.2

Scholars’ trail — 1 reference (open)

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.

  • general Dh III 189.
Within the index

Filed under Dwelling of other animal than bird.

Filed beside it
Why ant lives in ant-hill Beaver's dwelling Porcupine's dwelling Muskrat's dwelling Bear's den Wart-hog's burrow Bee's hive Why fly lives on dung heap Why the elephant lives without a hut

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