μῦθοι Mythoi
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Filed under Fanciful habits of animals.

4 finer motifs beneath it
Cat mutilates corpsesCat sucks sleeping child's breathToads suck bloodBite of white she-mule causes certain death
Filed beside it
Animal's fanciful treatment of their youngFanciful behavior of animal at deathSexual 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.)Animals attracted by musicFancied nourishment of animals

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