The constellation
X1201 Lie: the great animal
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The same sky, in words
filed under
- Lie: remarkable animals · X1200 entry
carried in tale type
- Lying Contest (previously The Hero Forces the Princess to Say, 'That is a Lie') · ATU 852
- The Great Ox · ATU 1960A
filed beside
- Lie: animals inherit acquired characteristics or conditions · X1202 entry
- Lie: animal's food affects him in unusual way. (E.g. Pine tops: milk good for cough syrup.) · X1203 entry
- Lie: animals eat one another up · X1204 entry
- Lie: venom of animal (snake, hornet, bee) causes object to swell · X1205 entry
- Lies: animals trained to respond to certain sounds: absurd result · X1206 entry
- Animals already cooked for eating · X1208 entry