Fly steals fire from spider: may eat everywhere. Spider brings fire from hell. Fly steals it from him on the way. (Cf. A2545.1.)

Motif

Fly steals fire from spider: may eat everywhere. Spider brings fire from hell. Fly steals it from him on the way. (Cf. A2545.1.)

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Various causes of animal characteristics. · Animal characteristics as reward. · view the constellation · filed as A2229.4

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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.

LivonianLoorits FFC LXVI 93 No. 101.

Within the index

Filed under Animal characteristics as reward – miscellaneous.

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Dog rescues cow's teats from fire: origin of his black muzzle. (Cf. A2335.4.3.)Dog lets devil into church to steal: rewarded with dog-skin. (Cf. A2311.1.)Owl will not betray curate: therefore may live in steeple. (Cf. A2433.4.1.)Cuckoo delivers other birds from their cruel king: they agree to hatch out cuckoo's young Bird has red spot on its tail as reward for having moved woman's organ to its present position

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Why flies may eat anywhere. (Cf. A2221.2.1, A2229.4.)

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