Large mosquitoes – miscellaneous

Motif

Large mosquitoes – miscellaneous.

Humor. · Humor of lies and exaggeration · Lies about animals. · Lies about insects. · view the constellation · filed as X1286.1.7

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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

North American IndigenousTales of the North American Indians, Tale 5V. THE WOMAN WHO FELL FROM THE SKY ”
North American IndigenousZuni Folk Tales, Tale 1
Depth CommentaryPrimitive Culture: Researches into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art, and Custom, Chapter III

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.

general Canada, U.S.: *Baughman.

Within the index

Filed under Lie: the large mosquito.

Filed beside it

Lie: wingspread of large mosquito Lie: weight of large mosquito Lie: mosquito's long bill Large mosquitoes fly off with kettle. They have drilled through kettle. Their bills are clinched inside like nails Large mosquitoes carry off prey Big mosquito with golden palace in his mouth

Carried in tale types

The Great Insect · ATU 1960M2 recorded variants

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