Devil's animals devour God's. God makes white fish, devil a pike to eat it up; God a worm, devil a frog to eat it, etc. (Cf. A1751.)

Motif

Devil's animals devour God's. God makes white fish, devil a pike to eat it up; God a worm, devil a frog to eat it, etc. (Cf. A1751.)

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Various causes of animal characteristics. · Animal characteristics from miscellaneous causes. · view the constellation · filed as A2286.2.1

Filed across the traditions

Finnish Aarne FFC VIII 20 No. 115
Estonian Aarne FFC XXV 149 No. 63.

Within the index

Filed under Animal characteristics result of contest between God and devil.

Filed beside it

Devil gives horse four eyes; God reduces them to two Devil's cows one-horned; God makes them two-horned. (Cf. A2326.3.1.) God changes color (tails) of devil's cows. Devil makes all animals of same color (or all tailless). When God makes them of different colors (or with tails) devil no longer recognizes them. (Cf. A2378.1.)

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

The devil's animals and God's. In the contest between God and the devil, certain animals are made by each

Carried in tale types

Contest of Creation between God and the Devil · ATU 773 20 recorded variants

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