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Motif

Why owl shakes head.

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: appearance and habits. · Animal's habitual bodily movements. · view the constellation · filed as A2474.3

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Filed across the traditions
  • India Thompson-Balys.
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Filed under Why some animals continually shake head.

Filed beside it
Why lizard bobs head up and down. (Cf. A2255.2, A2211.9.) Why hare shakes head

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