The constellation
Z32 Chains involving a death: animal actors
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- The funeral procession of the hen. Animals one by one join the procession. The funeral carriage breaks down or the procession drowns · Z32.1 entry
- The death of the little hen. She is characteristically mourned by objects and animals; e.g., flea, door, broom, cart, ashes, tree, girl · Z32.2 entry
- Little ant finds a penny, buys new clothes with it, and sits in her doorway. Various animals pass by and propose marriage. She asks what they do at night. Each one replies with its characteristic sound, and none pleases her but the quiet little mouse, whom she marries. She leaves him to tend the stew, and he falls in and drowns. She weeps and, on learning the reason, bird cuts off its beak, dove cuts off its tail, etc · Z32.3 entry
- Cumulative: master to kill hen. She begs off; he goes to kill rooster .... goose, rabbit, toad, tiger · Z32.4 entry
- Mourning about the dead ass (Tulsi Das): from washerman to the queen. "But who is Tulsi Das?" The report is traced back to the washerman, who says: "He was my ass." · Z32.5 entry