Why certain bird is king of birds.
Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Animal characteristics – miscellaneous. · Other animal characteristics. · view the constellation · filed as A2547.1
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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
- Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter XLVII XLVII. Lityerses
- Greco-Roman Pausanias's Description of Greece , Book 10
- Hermetic / Alchemical Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Volume I: Prolegomena , Chapter III: Thoth the Master of Wisdom
- Middle Eastern The Thousand and One Nights, commonly called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments , Chapter 20
Filed across the traditions
- India Thompson-Balys
- Ibo (Nigeria) Basden 281.
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