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.)

Motif

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.)

Mythological motifs. · Origin of plant characteristics. · Various origins of plant characteristics. · Miscellaneous reasons for plant characteristics. · view the constellation · filed as A2731.3

Cited in the index

general Yuchi: Alexander N. Am. 64.

Within the index

Filed under Plant characteristics from transformation.

Filed beside it

Trickster's burnt flesh becomes gum on trees Plant characteristics from tears. (Cf. A2755.3.1, A2755.3.2.) Why agar-tree has magic properties. A transformed magician

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Origin of red grain of cedar. (Cf. A2731.3.)

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