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.)

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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

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general Yuchi: Alexander N. Am. 64.

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Filed under Plant characteristics from transformation.

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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

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

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