Why magpie is cursed. (Cf. A2231.)

Motif

Why magpie is cursed. (Cf. A2231.)

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Animal characteristics – miscellaneous. · Other animal characteristics. · view the constellation · filed as A2542.1

Cited in the index

general Sébillot RTP III 159.

Within the index

Filed under Why animal is cursed.

1 finer motif beneath it

Magpie refuses to get into ark, sits around outside, jabbering over drowned world, is unlucky. (Cf. A2232.4.)

Filed beside it

Why spider is cursed. (Cf. A2231.5.)

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Animal characteristics: punishment for impiety. (Cf. A2221, A2311.8, A2422.2, A2302.2, A2355.1.2, A2542.1.)

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