Why lynx squints: is looking afar at view

Motif

Why lynx squints: is looking afar at view.

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: appearance and habits. · Animal's habitual bodily movements. · view the constellation · filed as A2471.5

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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.

OjibwaJones JAFL XXIX 378.

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Filed under Why animals continually seek something. (Cf. A2275.5.)

Filed beside it

Why dogs look at one another under tail. (Cf. A2275.5.5, A2232.8; also *Dh IV 129ff.)Why hogs inspect one another: seek pancake. (Cf. A2275.5.1.)Why hawk (vulture) hovers over camp-fire: seeks grandmother. (Cf. A2275.5.2.)Why diver always looks at sea. (Cf. A2275.5.3.)Why dog is always looking What hawks are looking for Why mason-wasp looks for fireplace Why animals always look down

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