Fly punished for failing to answer question: is speechless, buzzes and associates with foul things. (Cf. A2426.3.3, A2433.5.2.)

Motif

Fly punished for failing to answer question: is speechless, buzzes and associates with foul things. (Cf. A2426.3.3, A2433.5.2.)

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Various causes of animal characteristics. · Animal characteristics as punishment. · view the constellation · filed as A2239.2

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Africa (Ekoi)Talbot 384.

Within the index

Filed under Animal characteristics from miscellaneous punishments.

Filed beside it

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

Travels with

Fly's buzz. (Cf. A2239.2.)Why fly lives amid filth. (Cf. A2239.2.)

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