Why stork is holy. (Cf. A2221.5.)

Motif

Why stork is holy. (Cf. A2221.5.)

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Animal characteristics – miscellaneous. · Other animal characteristics. · view the constellation · filed as A2541.2

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Scholars’ trail — 2references

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.

general Dh III 286
general Sébillot RTP III 128.

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Why bee is sacred

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Animal blessed for helping holy fugitive. (Cf. A2231.7.1.)

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