Raven does not return to ark in obedience to Noah: black color is resulting punishment

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Raven does not return to ark in obedience to Noah: black color is resulting punishment.

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Various causes of animal characteristics. · Animal characteristics as punishment. · view the constellation · filed as A2234.1.1

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Filed under 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 carrion.

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