μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Venomous animals.

Animals. · Fanciful traits of animals. · Other fanciful traits of animals. · view the constellation · filed as B776

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8 finer motifs beneath it
Garlic juice dangerous to poisonous animals Venomous sheep destroy enemy Toad considered venomous. (Cf. B776.5.1.) Venomous hound Venomous swine Blood of animal considered venomous Venomous worm Venomous serpent. (Cf. B776.5.3.)
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Wild animal miraculously tamed Shipwrecked man repulsed by animals. As he floats to shore animals push him back into water Animals with human emotions Stork is man while hibernating in Egypt Breath of bird withers Animal "drinks apart" mixed liquids. Separates the parts while drinking Sheep sleeps if anyone ties shoe to its ear Swine maddened by smell of oak forest Animal lives in person's stomach Animal wards off spirits Monkeys always copy men Birds mock ascetic's devotions Bats keep fireflies to light their houses Elephants have power of bringing rain Why certain animals are thought of as good or bad

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