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

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

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Scholars’ trail — 2references

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  • FinnishAarne FFC VIII 17 No. 97, XXXIII 54 No. 97 (hazelcock).
  • general Dh II 252f. (fish). – Spanish Exempla: Keller
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Filed under Animal characteristics as punishment.

13 finer motifs beneath it
Animal characteristics: punishment for discourteous answer to God (saint). (Cf. A2411.2.6.)Animal characteristics: punishment for hostility at crucifixion. (Cf. A2221.2.)Animal characteristics: punishment for working on holy dayFrog fails to honor infant Jesus: loses tail. (Cf. A2221.1, A2378.2.3Spider vies with Virgin Mary in spinning: cursedSpider steals thread from Christ: has thread in back of body. (Cf. A2356.2.8.)Animal harmful to holy person cursedToad 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 tigersLoris refuse to look at sun who comes out when they are dancing: hence never looks at sun
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Animal characteristics: punishment for immoderate request. Dissatisfied animal finds that when his request is granted he is worse off than beforeAnimal characteristics: punishment for lazinessAnimal characteristics: punishment for disobedienceAnimal characteristics caused by animal's lateness at distribution of qualities. (Cf. A2378.2.5.)Animal characteristics: punishment for planning man's downfallAnimal characteristics punishment for meddlingAnimal characteristics: punishment for greedAnimal characteristics from miscellaneous punishments
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Animal characteristics reward for pious act. (Cf. A2231.)Jesus causes animal characteristics. (Cf. A2221, A2231.)Hazel-cock's body made smaller. (Cf. A2231, A2213.1.)Why frog has rough skinWhy ant has small waist. (Cf. A2214.2.)Why sheep do not speak. Curse of Virgin Mary. (Cf. A2231)Why magpie is cursed. (Cf. A2231.)

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