Animal calls the dawn. The sun rises as a result of the animal's call

Motif

Animal calls the dawn. The sun rises as a result of the animal's call.

Animals. · Fanciful traits of animals. · Fanciful habits of animals. · view the constellation · filed as B755

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.

Africa (Benga)Nassau 204 No. 32, (Ekoi): Talbot 384.

Within the index

Filed under Fanciful habits of animals.

Filed beside it

Animal's fanciful treatment of their young Fanciful behavior of animal at death Sexual habits of animals 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

Travels with

Purchase of night. Originally no night. Culture hero goes to distant land and buys it. He introduces sleep, etc. Cock to crow for day. (Cf. B755, J2272.1.)

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