Tiger cursed with short sight in day time: good sight only at night

Motif

Tiger cursed with short sight in day time: good sight only at night.

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: appearance and habits. · Other habits of animals. · view the constellation · filed as A2491.4

Filed across the traditions

India Thompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Why certain animals avoid light.

Filed beside it

Why bat flies by night. (Cf. A2275.5.3.) Why owl avoids daylight Why mole burrows underground Why grasshoppers and locusts hide in day

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