The constellation
A1751 The devil's animals and God's. In the contest between God and the devil, certain animals are made by each
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● tale type
● on the shelf
● attested
The same sky, in words
filed under
beneath it
keeps company
- Wolf as God's dog · A1833.3 entry
- Creation of goat · A1885 entry
cross-ref
- Creation of dog · A1831 entry
- Creation of wolf. (Cf. A1751.) · A1833 entry
- Creation of ape · A1862 entry
- Creation of cow · A1877 entry
- Creation of horse · A1881 entry
- Creation of ass. (Cf. A1751.) · A1882 entry
- Creation of sheep · A1884 entry
- Creation of goat · A1885 entry
- Creation of bat · A1895 entry
- God makes birds, devil reptiles. (Cf. A1751) · A1903 entry
- Creation of lark · A1911 entry
- Creation of thrush · A1912.1 entry
- Origin of spider. [Note: In folk thought the spider is classed as an insect and not with the other arachnida.] (Cf. A1751.) · A2091 entry
- Devil's animals devour God's. God makes white fish, devil a pike to eat it up; God a worm, devil a frog to eat it, etc. (Cf. A1751.) · A2286.2.1 entry
carried in tale type
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