Hare punished for perjury: eyes deep in head. (Cf. A2332.4.1.)

Motif

Hare punished for perjury: eyes deep in head. (Cf. A2332.4.1.)

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Various causes of animal characteristics. · Animal characteristics as punishment. · view the constellation · filed as A2239.1

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

FinnishAarne FFC VIII 13 No. 70.

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Filed under Animal characteristics from miscellaneous punishments.

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Fly punished for failing to answer question: is speechless, buzzes and associates with foul things. (Cf. A2426.3.3, A2433.5.2.)Ass betrays deity's secret: hence his ugly bray Woodpecker punished for stinginess Animals punished for assaulting women Ass has cross on shoulders from being struck by Balaam. (Cf. A2356.2.7.)Crocodile is punished for trying to attack man he is carrying: has only half tongue Animal punished for hardheadedness (frog toothless, mole sightless)Why mouse is crushed whenever she crosses a road: elephant's curse Why elephant hurts himself when running through the grass: mouse's curse

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Why hare has deep-set eyes. (Cf. A2239.1.)

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