Why certain animals avoid light

Motif

Why certain animals avoid light.

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

Cited in the index

general Dh III 266ff.

Within the index

Filed under Other habits of animals.

5 finer motifs beneath it

Why bat flies by night. (Cf. A2275.5.3.) Why owl avoids daylight Why mole burrows underground Tiger cursed with short sight in day time: good sight only at night Why grasshoppers and locusts hide in day

Filed beside it

Why certain animals go in herds Friendships between the animals Why certain animals are enemies Animal's treatment of its excrements (urine) Sexual intercourse of animals Monogamy among animals Other habits of animals – miscellaneous

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