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Crane will not weep at crucifixion: must suffer thirst in August and break bills. Is the only bird who will not weep. (Cf. A2234.1, A2435.4.2.)

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Various causes of animal characteristics. · Animal characteristics as punishment. · view the constellation · filed as A2231.2.1

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  • general Köhler-Bolte I 3.
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Filed under Animal characteristics: punishment for hostility at crucifixion. (Cf. A2221.2.)

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Swallows torment Christ on cross: lose voice. (Cf. A2422.9.)
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Raven does not return to Noah: must suffer thirst and break bill. (Cf. A2231.2.1, A2411.2.1.5, A2435.4.3.) Variant: he is cursed to be black or to eat carrionWhy crane suffers thirst. (Cf. A2231.2.1.)

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