Bush loses clothes in shipwreck: hence catches passerby looking for clothes. (Cf. A2792.1.)

Motif

Bush loses clothes in shipwreck: hence catches passerby looking for clothes. (Cf. A2792.1.)

Mythological motifs. · Origin of plant characteristics. · Various origins of plant characteristics. · Miscellaneous reasons for plant characteristics. · view the constellation · filed as A2741.4

Cited in the index

general Cf. A2275.5.3.

Within the index

Filed under Plant characteristics from accident to original plant.

Filed beside it

Bean laughs till it splits: cause of black stripe. (Cf. A2793.1, F1025.1.) Yams dropped by bird and split: why some are good and some bad. (Cf. A2793.3.) Sky rests on top of trees: hence flat leaves. (Cf. A2761.3.) Why khijur leaves are long and narrow: split with an arrow

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Bat, diver, and thornbush shipwrecked. Bat brought money, bush put on clothes, and diver brought leather. All shipwrecked. Diver is looking for his leather. Bush looks for his clothers and holds fast to all passers-by. Bat is abroad only at night to escape creditors. (Cf. A2471.4, A2491.1.) Why bush holds on to passer-by. (Cf. A2275.5.3, A2741.4.)

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