Why water serpents are not venomous. (Cf. A2532.1.)

Motif

Why water serpents are not venomous. (Cf. A2532.1.)

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Animal characteristics – miscellaneous. · Disposition of animals. · view the constellation · filed as A2531.1

Filed across the traditions

India Thompson-Balys
Pueblo Parsons JAFL XXXI 250
Congo Weeks 213 No. 9.

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Filed under Why animal is harmless.

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Wild animals lose their ferocity Why grizzly bear is peaceable Why elephant is peaceable

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Why snakes are venomous. (Cf. A2235.)

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