Why the bamboo has nodes

Motif

Why the bamboo has nodes.

Mythological motifs. · Origin of plant characteristics. · Origin of various plant characteristics. · Interior and bark of plant. · view the constellation · filed as A2756

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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.

India*Thompson-Balys.

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Filed under Interior and bark of plant.

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Bark of plant Thorns on plants. (Cf. A2736)Internal parts of plant Why certain reeds are hollow

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