The constellation
W151 Greed
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- Cauldron of greed · W151.0.1 entry
- Harlot weeps when her impoverished lover leaves her to think that she has left him his coat · W151.1 entry
- Visiting friends take everything from house of dying man · W151.2 entry
- Wolves devour an ox without leaving a share for the rightful owner · W151.3 entry
- Snake and weasel stop fighting in order to catch mouse · W151.4 entry
- Father-in-law sued for breach of contract because he does not die in two years as he has predicted · W151.5 entry
- Hog with broken leg refuses to tell another where peas are to be found. "I intend to go there myself as soon as I get well again." · W151.6 entry
- Eats up the money. Old man before dying eats his money. In church, son wants to cut corpse open and get the money. The devil: "Don't spoil the skin." Shakes money out of the corpse's throat and takes the skin · W151.7 entry
- Thieves quarrel over booty: owner comes. (Cf. J2136.5.2.) · W151.8 entry
- Greedy person (animal) gets hand (head) stuck in food jar · W151.9 entry
- Greedy man tries to stuff food into his nostrils as well as into his mouth · W151.10 entry
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