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- Man in the moon: moon's face scratched by hare in retaliation for injury to hare. (Cf. A2216.3.) A751.5.1
- Rabbit laughs: cause of hare-lip. (Cf. A2216.3, A2234.4, A2342.1.) A2211.2
- Animal characteristics: members bitten or cut off. A2216
- Bear fishes through ice with tail: hence lacks tail. (Cf. A2378.2.4.) A2216.1
- Devil pulls off goats' tails: hence lack tails. (Cf. A2378.2.2.) A2216.2
- Moon splits hare's lip with hatchet: hence hare-lip. (Cf. A2211.2, A751.5.1, A2342.1.) A2216.3
- Bush-rat bites off tortoise's tail: hence tortoise's short tail. (Cf. A2378.4.4.) A2216.4
- Hawk's tail cut in two by sword as he is being transformed. Cause of his forked tail. (Cf. A2378.5.2.) A2216.5
- God as falcon has tail cut off: hence falcon's short tail. A2216.6
- Formerly animals have ears like elephant's: hare bites them off. A2216.7
- Why hare's lip is split. (Cf. A2234.4, A2216.3, A2211.2.) A2342.1
- How goats lost tails. (Cf. A2216.2.) A2378.2.2
- How bear lost tail. (Cf. A2216.1.) A2378.2.4
- Why tortoise has short tail. (Cf. A2216.4.) A2378.4.4
- Why hawk has forked tail. (Cf. A2216.5.) A2378.5.2