Sky rests on top of trees: hence flat leaves. (Cf. A2761.3.)

Motif

Sky rests on top of trees: hence flat leaves. (Cf. A2761.3.)

Mythological motifs. · Origin of plant characteristics. · Various origins of plant characteristics. · Miscellaneous reasons for plant characteristics. · view the constellation · filed as A2741.3

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PolynesianDixon 51 n. 55.

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Filed under Plant characteristics from accident to original plant.

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Why plant-leaves are flat. (Cf. A2741.3.)

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