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

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

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: appearance and habits. · Animal's habitual bodily movements. · view the constellation · filed as A2474.1

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Lizard swallows fish bone: hence head bobs up and down. (Cf. A2474.1.)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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