What hawks are looking for

Motif

What hawks are looking for.

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: appearance and habits. · Animal's habitual bodily movements. · view the constellation · filed as A2471.7

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Irish Gods and Fighting Men: The Story of the Tuatha de Danaan and of the Fianna of Ireland , Ch. 75 CHAPTER VIII. THE BOAR OF BEINN GULBAIN
Yoruba The Yoruba-Speaking Peoples of the Slave Coast of West Africa , Chapter 13
Irish Gods and Fighting Men: The Story of the Tuatha de Danaan and of the Fianna of Ireland , Ch. 43 CHAPTER X. THE KING OF LOCHLANN AND HIS SONS
Irish Cuchulain of Muirthemne: The Story of the Men of the Red Branch of Ulster , Ch. 17 BATTLE OF ROSNAREE
Welsh The Mabinogion , PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC

Filed across the traditions

Gold Coast Barker and Sinclair 128 No. 22.

Within the index

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 lynx squints: is looking afar at view Why dog is always looking Why mason-wasp looks for fireplace Why animals always look down

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