The constellation
A2229 Animal characteristics as reward – miscellaneous
A constellation is one motif’s neighborhood in the record — the story-shapes filed around it, the tale types that carry it, and the texts where it is witnessed, every line a receipted link. Click a motif to travel. Click a text to read it. The entry · wander
● motif
● tale type
● on the shelf
● attested
The same sky, in words
filed under
beneath it
- Dog rescues cow's teats from fire: origin of his black muzzle. (Cf. A2335.4.3.) · A2229.1 entry
- Dog lets devil into church to steal: rewarded with dog-skin. (Cf. A2311.1.) · A2229.2 entry
- Owl will not betray curate: therefore may live in steeple. (Cf. A2433.4.1.) · A2229.3 entry
- Fly steals fire from spider: may eat everywhere. Spider brings fire from hell. Fly steals it from him on the way. (Cf. A2545.1.) · A2229.4 entry
- Cuckoo delivers other birds from their cruel king: they agree to hatch out cuckoo's young · A2229.5 entry
- Bird has red spot on its tail as reward for having moved woman's organ to its present position · A2229.6 entry