Animal characteristics result of lawsuit.
Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Various causes of animal characteristics. · Animal characteristics: result of contest. · view the constellation · filed as A2255
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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.)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.)
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Cock and ptarmigan in contest: winner to live in town. (Cf. A2433.1.1, A2433.4.2, A2433.4.3.)Lizard wins contest with toad: why snakes and lizards change their skinsAnimal characteristics from contest in carryingAnimal characteristics determined by raceAnimal characteristics from jumping contestBird characteristics from flying contestsAnimal characteristics from contest in watchingAnimal characteristics from duelAnimal characteristics: as a result of quarrel[First Edition: A2259. Animal characteristics from miscellaneous contests.]