Punishment for Fall of Man: thistles, etc

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Punishment for Fall of Man: thistles, etc.

Mythological motifs. · Origin of trees and plants. · Various origins of plants. · Other types of plant origins. · view the constellation · filed as A2631.1.1

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Filed under Punishment for first murder: thistles, etc. Until murder was committed, only useful plants grew on earth; since then, thistles. (Cf. A2688.1.)

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