Tortoise cursed for going under water while ferrying rice-goddess: people will be able to kill it with iron-made spears

Motif

Tortoise cursed for going under water while ferrying rice-goddess: people will be able to kill it with iron-made spears.

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Various causes of animal characteristics. · Animal characteristics as punishment. · view the constellation · filed as A2231.7.3

Filed across the traditions

India Thompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Animal harmful to holy person cursed.

Filed beside it

Animal cursed for betraying holy fugitive. (Cf. A2221.5.) Animal cursed for refusing to carry holy fugitive across stream. (Cf. A2371.2.1.)

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