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THE CUCKOO, THE HERON, THE HEATHCOCK, THE PARTRIDGE, THE NIGHTINGALE, THE SWALLOW, THE SPARROW, AND

Date of account: English edition published 1872
Source: Zoological Mythology; or, The Legends of Animals, Volume 2 (of 2)
Reference: Zoological Mythology; or, The Legends of Animals, Volume 2 (of 2) · selected passage 79
Rights: public_domain
Language: English
Record updated: 2026-08-25

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he bull's dead body.--The bee according to Finnish mythology.--The bees descended from paradise as part of the mind of God.--Bee's-wax causes light.--The Bienenstock.--The madhumati kaçâ.--The bees as winds.--Apis and avis.--The mother of the bees.--The young hero as a bee.--The fairy moon as a gnat.--The fly's palace.--The flies bartered for good cattle.--Intelligence of the bee.--The wasp as a judge.--The fly, the gnat, and the mosquito.--The louse and the flea.--The ant and the fly.--The ant and the cicada.--The cicadæ and the muses.--Tithon as a cicada.--The sparrow and the cicada.--The cicada and the cuckoo.

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