μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Why animals lift their legs.

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: appearance and habits. · Animal's habitual bodily movements. · view the constellation · filed as A2473

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Filed under Animal's habitual bodily movements.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Why dogs lift their legs Why pigs in mud lift their legs
Filed beside it
Why animals continually seek something. (Cf. A2275.5.) Why animals ruminate Why some animals continually shake head Why animals scent from distance Why animals move mouth, nose, etc Why animals root in ground Why certain animals are continually eating. (Cf. A2231.1.1.) Other habitual bodily movements of animals

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