Origin of tar in heart of trees. (Cf. A2734.2.)

Motif

Origin of tar in heart of trees. (Cf. A2734.2.)

Mythological motifs. · Origin of plant characteristics. · Origin of various plant characteristics. · Interior and bark of plant. · view the constellation · filed as A2755.3

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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Vedic (Indian / Sanskrit)The Hymns of the Rigveda, 1.157

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

TahltanTeit JAFL XXXII 210.

Within the index

Filed under Internal parts of plant.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Origin of amber in poplar trees. (Cf. A2731.2.)Origin of gum in myrrh tree. (Cf. A2731.2.)

Filed beside it

Origin of red grain of cedar. (Cf. A2731.3.)Origin of blood-colored sap in trees. (Cf. A2721.2.1.)Origin of knots in wood. (Cf. A2738.)

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

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