Why animal is harmless

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Why animal is harmless.

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

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Literary CrystallizationUlysses, 16 Eumaeus
Depth CommentaryTotem and Taboo: Resemblances Between the Psychic Lives of Savages and Neurotics, Chapter I
Greco-RomanThe Metamorphoses of Ovid, Book 15
Japanese / ShintoNihongi: Chronicles of Japan, Book 3
Depth CommentaryPrimitive Culture: Researches into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art, and Custom, Chapter XV

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Filed under Disposition of animals.

4 finer motifs beneath it

Wild animals lose their ferocity Why water serpents are not venomous. (Cf. A2532.1.)Why grizzly bear is peaceable Why elephant is peaceable

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Why animal is sad Why animal is disliked Why animal is evil Why animal is pugnacious (brave, bold)Why animals are deceptive Why animals are unrestrained Why animal is vain Why animal is strong Why animals are venomous Why animal is timorous Animals of good omen Why animal is stupid

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