Why lion is brave.
Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Animal characteristics – miscellaneous. · Disposition of animals. · view the constellation · filed as A2524.5
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
- GreekThe Odyssey, Book IV
- Indian / Hindu (Sanskrit epic)The Ramayan of Valmiki (Griffith verse translation), Book 6, Canto 13
- ReferenceThe Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged), Chapter LILI. Homeopathic Magic of a Flesh Diet
- Indian / Hindu (Sanskrit epic)The Ramayan of Valmiki (Griffith verse translation), Book 2, Canto 37
- Indian / Hindu (Sanskrit epic)The Ramayan of Valmiki (Griffith verse translation), Book 2, Canto 52
Scholars’ trail — 1reference
The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.
- JewishNeuman.