The constellation
J2211 Differences in animal nature overlooked
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
filed under
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- Frogs reprove ass for lamenting when he falls into morass. "What would you do if you had to live here always?" · J2211.1 entry
- Why the sow was muddy. A magpie is punished by his master, who throws him into a mud puddle. The magpie sees a muddy sow. He says, "You also must have had a quarrel with your master." · J2211.2 entry
- The murderous master. Dogs flee from their master because in time of famine he has killed his cattle. If he kills the cattle, he will surely kill the dogs · J2211.3 entry
- Ass brays on hearing a conch shell. Owner thinks he must have been a saint in a former life · J2211.4 entry
carried in tale type