Plant punished for ungracious answer to holy person

Motif

Plant punished for ungracious answer to holy person.

Mythological motifs. · Origin of plant characteristics. · Various origins of plant characteristics. · Plant characteristics as punishment. · view the constellation · filed as A2721.3

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Filed under Plant cursed for impious act.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Man tells Jesus he is sowing stones. "You shall get stones." Why peas do not soften in boiling Farmer tells begging monk that potatoes are hard as stones: why potatoes are hard

Filed beside it

Plant cursed for disservice to child Jesus. (Cf. A2772.2.) Plant cursed for disservice at crucifixion. (Cf. A2711.2.) Plant cursed for betraying holy fugitive Tree on which Judas hanged himself cursed Why the mogli flower and the lime are cursed by gods Trees fail to come at god's leavetaking, now bear bitter fruit Barren trees as punishment of earth for disobedience at man's fall

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