μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Sundry characteristics of trees.

Mythological motifs. · Origin of plant characteristics. · Origin of various plant characteristics. · Other plant characteristics. · view the constellation · filed as A2791

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Filed under Other plant characteristics.

12 finer motifs beneath it
Why trees do not talk. All ask to be spared when man begins cutting them Why lightning spares the nut-tree How banyan got its milk Why no one can find flower of wild fig Why tamarind fruit is sour Why some trees have no fruit Why sap comes from top of palm Why fruit of sago palm looks like an eye Why sago palm gives abundant sap Why fruit of date palm looks like breasts of old woman Why the bija tree is often struck by lightning Why the roots of the banyan hang down
Filed beside it
Budding and bearing of plant Color of plants Why trees remain fixed Why certain trees are dwarfed. (Cf. A2721.2.1.) Why certain plants are cursed Why certain plants (trees) are blessed Why certain tree is tall Origin of plant names Origin of combustible property of wood Medicinal properties of trees Origin of shape of particular tree Why certain tree is hardy Sundry characteristics of shrubs Sundry characteristics of grains and vegetables Sundry characteristics of vegetables Sundry characteristics of flowers

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