Stones thought to reproduce

Motif

Stones thought to reproduce.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd disregard of facts. · Animals or objects treated as if human. · Animals or objects treated as if human – miscellaneous. · view the constellation · filed as J1896.1

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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.

HawaiiBeckwith Myth 88.

Within the index

Filed under Objects supposed to be born, grow, and die like animals. (Cf. J1932.)

Travels with

Stones watered to make them grow. (Cf. J1896.1.)

wander