Food of cuckoo. (Cf. A2241.4.)

Motif

Food of cuckoo. (Cf. A2241.4.)

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: appearance and habits. · Animal characteristics: dwelling and food. · view the constellation · filed as A2435.4.1

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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.

general Dh III 133.

Within the index

Filed under Food of birds.

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Why crane suffers thirst. (Cf. A2231.2.1.)Why raven suffers thirst. (Cf. A2234.1.)Food of eagle. Tahltan: Teit JAFL XXXII 242 (fish)Food of buzzard Food of hawks Food of crow. Why crows peck at flesh of men Food of cock Food of owl Food of jackdaw Food of wren

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Animal characteristics: borrowing and not returning. Animal borrows a member (or quality) from another and refuses to return it. (Cf. A2242, A2313.3, A2345.1, A2351.3, A2375.2.1, A2421.4, A2435.4.1.)Cuckoo borrows food from other birds. (Cf. A2435.4.1.)

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