μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Why animals move mouth, nose, etc.

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: appearance and habits. · Animal's habitual bodily movements. · view the constellation · filed as A2476

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Filed under Animal's habitual bodily movements.

1 finer motif beneath it
Why rabbit continually moves mouth
Filed beside it
Why animals continually seek something. (Cf. A2275.5.) Why animals ruminate Why animals lift their legs Why some animals continually shake head Why animals scent from distance 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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