Why turtle lays eggs on beach. (Cf. A2486.)

Motif

Why turtle lays eggs on beach. (Cf. A2486.)

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: appearance and habits. · Animal characteristics: dwelling and food. · view the constellation · filed as A2433.6.1.2

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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.

HawaiiBeckwith Myth 22.

Within the index

Filed under Haunts of tortoise (turtle).

Filed beside it

Why tortoise lives in logs in stream. (Cf. A2282.)

Travels with

Why animals lay eggs as they do. (Cf. A2431, A2433.6.1.2.)

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