μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Other habitual bodily movements of animals.

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: appearance and habits. · Animal's habitual bodily movements. · view the constellation · filed as A2479

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Filed under Animal's habitual bodily movements.

8 finer motifs beneath it
Why wagtail moves tail up and down Why hare skips about like a leaf Why jackals make noise at night when seeking food Why the hedgehog draws himself up: shame at sight of a good man Why caterpillars climb trees Why ants fall upon every man Why dog snaps every fly. Fly laughed at dog's (feigned) death Why flies fly around ox's eyes
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 move mouth, nose, etc Why animals root in ground Why certain animals are continually eating. (Cf. A2231.1.1.)

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