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Motif

Animal characteristics: punishment for hostility at crucifixion. (Cf. A2221.2.)

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Various causes of animal characteristics. · Animal characteristics as punishment. · view the constellation · filed as A2231.2

Cited in the index
  • general Dh II 202ff. – Lithuanian: Balys Legends Nos. 251f., 264.
Within the index

Filed under Animal characteristics: punishment for impiety. (Cf. A2221, A2311.8, A2422.2, A2302.2, A2355.1.2, A2542.1.)

2 finer motifs beneath it
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.) Swallows torment Christ on cross: lose voice. (Cf. A2422.9.)
Filed beside it
Animal characteristics: punishment for discourteous answer to God (saint). (Cf. A2411.2.6.) Animal characteristics: punishment for working on holy day Frog fails to honor infant Jesus: loses tail. (Cf. A2221.1, A2378.2.3 Spider vies with Virgin Mary in spinning: cursed Spider steals thread from Christ: has thread in back of body. (Cf. A2356.2.8.) Animal harmful to holy person cursed Toad refuses to weep over its dead children: dries up when dead. Cursed by Virgin Mary. (Cf. A2234.4, A2468.2.) Fish in deluge deride God: are flattened with blow. They mock God for his powerlessness over them. (Cf. A2213, A2305.1, A2354.1.) Crab beats deity's forbidden drum: eyes lift out of body. (Cf. A2332.4.2.) Beetle demands return of gold from God: must hum. In his overweening pride he hits fence and ever afterward has hummed. (Cf. A2426.3.1.) Buffaloes fail to come at god's leavetaking: now are killed by tigers Loris refuse to look at sun who comes out when they are dancing: hence never looks at sun
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Animals blessed for good services at crucifixion. (Cf. A2231.2.) Why shoemakers are indolent. A shoemaker spits at Christ on way to be crucified. Christ tells him, "A poor slobbering fellow thou shalt be, and all shoemakers after thee, for what thou has done to me." (Cf. A2231.2, P445.1.)

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