μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Why animals migrate.

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: appearance and habits. · Periodic habits of animals. · view the constellation · filed as A2482

Cited in the index
  • general Dh III 257ff.
Within the index

Filed under Periodic habits of animals.

3 finer motifs beneath it
Why swallows migrate Why caribou migrate Why wren does not migrate
Filed beside it
Why animals hibernate Why animals shed periodically Why animals crowd together seasonally Why animals lay eggs as they do. (Cf. A2431, A2433.6.1.2.) Animal's periodic habits – miscellaneous

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