Lizard loses lawsuit: must bob his head. Lizard and ant accused of theft of king's crow. Ant pours boiling water down lizard's throat. When case is tried, lizard cannot talk but only bobs head up and down. Adjudged guilty and condemned to bob his head eternally. (Cf. A2474.1.)

Motif

Lizard loses lawsuit: must bob his head. Lizard and ant accused of theft of king's crow. Ant pours boiling water down lizard's throat. When case is tried, lizard cannot talk but only bobs head up and down. Adjudged guilty and condemned to bob his head eternally. (Cf. A2474.1.)

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Various causes of animal characteristics. · Animal characteristics: result of contest. · view the constellation · filed as A2255.2

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Gold CoastBarker and Sinclair 48 No. 5.

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Filed under Animal characteristics result of lawsuit.

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Wool on his forehead awarded sheep in lawsuit. He is given the privilege of keeping it when the rest of his body is shorn. (Cf. A2322.5.)

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Why lizard bobs head up and down. (Cf. A2255.2, A2211.9.)

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