Animal's fanciful treatment of their young — Mythoi

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Animal's fanciful treatment of their young.

Animals. · Fanciful traits of animals. · Fanciful habits of animals. · view the constellation · filed as B751

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Filed under Fanciful habits of animals.

6 finer motifs beneath it

Snake swallows young to protect them Pelican kills young and revives them with own blood Eagle tests eaglets by having them gaze at sun The lion blows first life into its cubs three days after their birth Animal neglects its young Wolf strongly attracted to his own children

Filed beside it

Fanciful behavior of animal at death Sexual habits of animals Animal calls the dawn. The sun rises as a result of the animal's call Gold-digging ants Rats leave sinking ship Eagle renews youth. Feathers fall off and regrow Turtle holds with jaws till it thunders Monkeys attack by throwing coconuts Fanciful qualities of snakes. (Cf. B91.3, B751.1, B752.2.) Fanciful dangers from animals Animals attracted by music Fancied nourishment of animals

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