The constellation
J1344 Unwelcome guest tells about the hidden food. Having seen his hostess hide it, he tells about it in the form of a tale
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
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The same sky, in words
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- Retorts from hungry persons · J1340 entry
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- Retort from underfed servant (child) · J1341 entry
- Prayer over the underdone hen. A guest is seen uttering a prayer before an underdone hen at the table. "She must be a goddess turned into a hen, for she has been over the fire and spared." · J1342 entry
- The liking for food and drink · J1343 entry
- Why he did not eat the bread. When host inquires, he replies, "If thou be the son of God, command that these stones be made bread." · J1345 entry
- Maid rebukes pilgrim for eating too much. "If both of us had been present at the miracle of the loaves and fishes you would have eaten me too!" Pilgrim: "I wouldn't have eaten you but I would have chewed on you a bit!" · J1346 entry