The constellation
A2234 Animal characteristics: punishment for disobedience
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● on the shelf
● attested
The same sky, in words
filed under
beneath it
- Raven does not return to Noah: must suffer thirst and break bill. (Cf. A2231.2.1, A2411.2.1.5, A2435.4.3.) Variant: he is cursed to be black or to eat carrion · A2234.1 entry
- Animals eat deity's forbidden fruit: punished. (Cf. A2371.3.1.) · A2234.2 entry
- Lemur looks where forbidden: has big eyes. (Cf. A2332.3.1.) · A2234.3 entry
- Hare weeps for mother when forbidden: moon hits him and cleaves lip. (Cf. A2211.2, A2231.8, A2342.1.) · A2234.4 entry