Why flounder is flat-bellied. (Cf. A2231.9.)

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Why flounder is flat-bellied. (Cf. A2231.9.)

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: body. · Origin of animal characteristics: trunk. · view the constellation · filed as A2354.1

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Filed under Origin and nature of animal's belly.

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Fish in deluge deride God: are flattened with blow. They mock God for his powerlessness over them. (Cf. A2213, A2305.1, A2354.1.)

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