Food of birds — Mythoi

Motif

Food of birds.

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: appearance and habits. · Animal characteristics: dwelling and food. · view the constellation · filed as A2435.4

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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Scholars’ trail — 2references

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.

JapaneseIkeda.
general Joshua: Frachtenberg JAFL XXVIII 232 (corpses). India: Thompson-Balys

Within the index

Filed under Food of animal.

11 finer motifs beneath it

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

Filed beside it

Assignment of food to animal Nature of animal's food Food of various animals – mammals Food of insects Food of fish, reptiles, etc

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