The constellation
J1346 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!"
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
- Unwelcome guest tells about the hidden food. Having seen his hostess hide it, he tells about it in the form of a tale · J1344 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