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Motif

Animal characteristics: punishment for laziness.

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Various causes of animal characteristics. · Animal characteristics as punishment. · view the constellation · filed as A2233

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  • S. Am. Indian (Toba) Métraux MAFLS 79.
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Filed under Animal characteristics as punishment.

4 finer motifs beneath it
Animals refuse to help dig well (make road) and are punished Dog will not help build house: must remain out of doors. (Cf. A2223.1, A2433.3.2.) Owl as watchman goes to sleep: does not see by day. He is placed as watchman of wren who is imprisoned in a mousehole. (Cf. A2332.6.6.) Grasshopper builds no house for winter; ant strikes him blind: therefore born blind. (Cf. A2332.6.3.)
Filed beside it
Animal characteristics: punishment for impiety. (Cf. A2221, A2311.8, A2422.2, A2302.2, A2355.1.2, A2542.1.) Animal characteristics: punishment for immoderate request. Dissatisfied animal finds that when his request is granted he is worse off than before Animal characteristics: punishment for disobedience Animal characteristics caused by animal's lateness at distribution of qualities. (Cf. A2378.2.5.) Animal characteristics: punishment for planning man's downfall Animal characteristics punishment for meddling Animal characteristics: punishment for greed Animal characteristics from miscellaneous punishments

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