Devil throws sand at aspen: hence rough bark. Angered because aspens will not cease quivering. (Cf. A2751.2.1.)

Motif

Devil throws sand at aspen: hence rough bark. Angered because aspens will not cease quivering. (Cf. A2751.2.1.)

Mythological motifs. · Origin of plant characteristics. · Various origins of plant characteristics. · Miscellaneous reasons for plant characteristics. · view the constellation · filed as A2734.1

Filed across the traditions

Finnish Aarne FFC VIII 23 No. 132.

Within the index

Filed under Plant characteristics from object thrown by devil.

Filed beside it

Devil throws tar at tree: hence tar in tree-heart. (Cf. A2755.3.)

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Why aspen's bark is rough. (Cf. A2734.1.)

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