μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
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Filed under Fanciful habits of animals.

3 finer motifs beneath it
Swan song. Swan sings as she diesSnake does not die before sunsetSnake kills itself by biting part of body (when in danger or torture)
Filed beside it
Animal's fanciful treatment of their youngSexual habits of animalsAnimal calls the dawn. The sun rises as a result of the animal's callGold-digging antsRats leave sinking shipEagle renews youth. Feathers fall off and regrowTurtle holds with jaws till it thundersMonkeys attack by throwing coconutsFanciful qualities of snakes. (Cf. B91.3, B751.1, B752.2.)Fanciful dangers from animalsAnimals attracted by musicFancied nourishment of animals

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