Hare weeps for mother when forbidden: moon hits him and cleaves lip. (Cf. A2211.2, A2231.8, A2342.1.)

Motif

Hare weeps for mother when forbidden: moon hits him and cleaves lip. (Cf. A2211.2, A2231.8, A2342.1.)

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Various causes of animal characteristics. · Animal characteristics as punishment. · view the constellation · filed as A2234.4

Filed across the traditions

Bushman Bleek and Lloyd 59.

Within the index

Filed under Animal characteristics: punishment for disobedience.

Filed beside it

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 Animals eat deity's forbidden fruit: punished. (Cf. A2371.3.1.) Lemur looks where forbidden: has big eyes. (Cf. A2332.3.1.)

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Rabbit laughs: cause of hare-lip. (Cf. A2216.3, A2234.4, A2342.1.) Toad refuses to weep over its dead children: dries up when dead. Cursed by Virgin Mary. (Cf. A2234.4, A2468.2.) Why hare's lip is split. (Cf. A2234.4, A2216.3, A2211.2.)

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