Plant characteristics from tears. (Cf. A2755.3.1, A2755.3.2.)

Motif

Plant characteristics from tears. (Cf. A2755.3.1, A2755.3.2.)

Mythological motifs. · Origin of plant characteristics. · Various origins of plant characteristics. · Miscellaneous reasons for plant characteristics. · view the constellation · filed as A2731.2

Filed across the traditions

Greek Frazer Apollodorus II 82 n. 2, 86 n. 2. → on our shelf: The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK III, ch. XIV

Within the index

Filed under Plant characteristics from transformation.

1 finer motif beneath it

Plant characteristics from Virgin Mary's tears

Filed beside it

Trickster's burnt flesh becomes gum on trees Blood from wizard becomes red grain of cedar. Bleeding head of wizard who tries to kill the sun placed on top of a tree. (Cf. A2755.1.) Why agar-tree has magic properties. A transformed magician

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Origin of amber in poplar trees. (Cf. A2731.2.) Origin of gum in myrrh tree. (Cf. A2731.2.)

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Local deluges Determination of seasons Origin of amber in poplar trees. (Cf. A2731.2.) Origin of gum in myrrh tree. (Cf. A2731.2.) Transformation: man to nightingale Sea produced by magic Cecrops. Body compounded of man and serpent Man marries his aunt (mother's sister) Birth from semen thrown on ground

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