How animals received their names

Motif

How animals received their names.

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Animal characteristics – miscellaneous. · Other animal characteristics. · view the constellation · filed as A2571

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Cited in the index

general *Dh III 186ff. Marshall Islands: Davenport 222.

Within the index

Filed under Other animal characteristics.

5 finer motifs beneath it

Adam gives name to all animals Adam names male animals, Eve, female God gives animals their name on first Sabbath Names of animals explained by their characteristics How the blackbird (merulus) received its name

Filed beside it

Why animal is sacred Why animal is cursed Animal given certain privilege Animal granted patent of nobility Why certain animal is king Why game is easy to hunt Why game animals are elusive Why certain animals are swift Why certain animals are sterile Quarrels introduced among animals Why monkeys do not fall from trees Why tiger cannot come down a tree head foremost Why animal has long life Why tiger lacks some qualities of cats: cat, his teacher, omitted to teach him all he knew Why certain animals are plentiful Why particular animals are not found in certain place

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