Why beetles live in manure

Motif

Why beetles live in manure.

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: appearance and habits. · Animal characteristics: dwelling and food. · view the constellation · filed as A2433.5.4

Filed across the traditions

Pueblo Parsons JAFL XXXI 245.

Within the index

Filed under Haunts of insects.

Filed beside it

Why nit lives at edge of hair. (Cf. A2236.6.) Why fly lives amid filth. (Cf. A2239.2.) Haunts of spider. (Cf. A2211.6, large stones, A2261.2, dusty corners.) Why ants are lords of the bush Why butterflies haunt urine-impregnated places Why cockroaches live in houses

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