Why animals lack fire. Sent to steal fire but are lazy and fail

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Why animals lack fire. Sent to steal fire but are lazy and fail.

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: appearance and habits. · Animal characteristics: dwelling and food. · view the constellation · filed as A2436

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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.

African (Fang)Tessman 18.

Within the index

Filed under Animal characteristics: dwelling and food.

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Birds' nests. (Cf. A2486.)Dwelling of other animal than bird Animal's characteristic haunt Habitat of animal. The country or locality in which animal is found Food of animal

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