Why aspen-leaves tremble

Motif

Why aspen-leaves tremble.

Mythological motifs. · Origin of plant characteristics. · Origin of various plant characteristics. · Leaves of plant. · view the constellation · filed as A2762.1

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Scholars’ trail — 2references

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.

LithuanianBalys Index No. 3105, Legends Nos. 203–213.
general *Fb "asp" IV 18a

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Filed under Movement of leaves.

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Why poplar-leaves tremble Why pipal leaves tremble

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Tree cursed for serving as cross. (Cf. A2751.3.1, A2751.3.2, A2755.2, A2762.1, A2775.)Aspen cursed for serving as cross. (Cf. A2762.1.)

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