μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Why leeches live in water.

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: appearance and habits. · Animal characteristics: dwelling and food. · view the constellation · filed as A2433.6.5

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.

  • India Thompson-Balys.
Within the index

Filed under Haunts of reptiles, etc.

Filed beside it
Haunts of tortoise (turtle) Why oyster lives in salt water Haunts of crab Why iguana lives in stream Habitation of frog Why toad lives in cold place Habitat of snake Why thousand-legged worm avoids sun

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