Creation of animals as punishment

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Creation of animals as punishment.

Mythological motifs. · Creation of animal life. · Creation of animal life – general. · Creation of animals as punishment. · view the constellation · filed as A1730

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

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4 finer motifs beneath it

Creation of animals as punishment for beating forbidden drum Creation of animals to take revenge Creation of animals as punishment for incest Animals from frogs sent as one of Egypt's plagues

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Creation of ass: proud horse. (Cf. A1730.)Creation of ant: avaricious man transformed. (Cf. A1715, A1730.)Creation of fly: punishment for laziness. (Cf. A1730.)Creation of flea: punishment for laziness. (Cf. A1730.)Adder harmful to holy person transformed to blindworm. (Cf. A1710, A1730, A2231.7.)

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