Comparative mythology corpus

Etiological Explanation For Animal Absence Or Traits

1 appearances across 1 tradition groups.

Evidence

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TraditionSourcePassageConfidenceEvidenceRecord
Ainu Aino Folk-Tales HONORARY SECRETARIES. / INTRODUCTION. / AINO FOLK-LORE. / I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA.; lines 902-1009 high The otter loses salt in the river; the monkey's children die after dancing in a tree; the monkey and otter blame the fox's wiles; the fox feigns deadly boils with bean paste; the monkey goes across the sea to Japan, explaining the absence of monkeys in Aino-land. record