Haunts of spider. (Cf. A2211.6, large stones, A2261.2, dusty corners.)

Motif

Haunts of spider. (Cf. A2211.6, large stones, A2261.2, dusty corners.)

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: appearance and habits. · Animal characteristics: dwelling and food. · view the constellation · filed as A2433.5.3

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

IndiaThompson-Balys.

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Filed under Haunts of insects.

1 finer motif beneath it

Why spider lives under stones

Filed beside it

Why nit lives at edge of hair. (Cf. A2236.6.)Why fly lives amid filth. (Cf. A2239.2.)Why beetles live in manure Why ants are lords of the bush Why butterflies haunt urine-impregnated places Why cockroaches live in houses

Travels with

Spider carries large stone on head and drops it: hence spiders under stones. (Cf. A2433.5.3.)Spider transformed for greediness: now occupies dark corners. (Cf. A2433.5.3.)

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