Why tiger cannot come down a tree head foremost

Motif

Why tiger cannot come down a tree head foremost.

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Animal characteristics – miscellaneous. · Other animal characteristics. · view the constellation · filed as A2577

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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Australian AboriginalAustralian Legendary Tales and More Australian Legendary Tales, 3Bahloo the Moon, and the Daens

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

IndiaThompson-Balys.

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Filed under Other animal characteristics.

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