μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Sexual intercourse of animals.

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: appearance and habits. · Other habits of animals. · view the constellation · filed as A2496

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Filed across the traditions
  • India Thompson-Balys.
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Filed under Other habits of animals.

3 finer motifs beneath it
Why dogs get stuck in copulation. (Cf. A2236.3, A2236.5.) Copulation of serpents Why men, fish and serpents face each other in copulation
Filed beside it
Why certain animals avoid light Why certain animals go in herds Friendships between the animals Why certain animals are enemies Animal's treatment of its excrements (urine) Monogamy among animals Other habits of animals – miscellaneous

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