Animal's means of defense

Motif

Animal's means of defense.

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: appearance and habits. · Animal characteristics: attack and defense. · view the constellation · filed as A2461

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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 234ff.

Within the index

Filed under Animal characteristics: attack and defense.

4 finer motifs beneath it

Hare sleeps with open eyes as defense Toad remains still when he hears footsteps (defense)Killer-whale uses dorsal fin as weapon Why deer run, stop, and run on again (defense)

Filed beside it

Animal's habits when attacked Animal's means of attack Why animal does not attack Means of capturing animal Animal's habits when caught Animal's behavior at death

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