Why grain grows only at top of stalk (punishment for men's sinfulness)

Motif

Why grain grows only at top of stalk (punishment for men's sinfulness).

Mythological motifs. · Origin of plant characteristics. · Origin of various plant characteristics. · Other plant characteristics. · view the constellation · filed as A2793.5

Filed across the traditions

Lithuanian Balys Index No. 3220, Legends Nos. 305–313
Cheremis Sebeok-Nyerges.
general Grimm No. 194 → on our shelf: Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 194
general BP III 417ff.

Within the index

Filed under Sundry characteristics of grains and vegetables.

1 finer motif beneath it

Why corn does not yield in the middle

Filed beside it

Why bean has black stripe. (Cf. A2741.1.) Why grain of wheat is divided Why some yams are good, some bad. (Cf. A2741.2.) Why potatoes are hard. (Cf. A2721.3.2.) Origin of shapes of grain Why rice is so abundant Why millet is red on top Why buckwheat produces twice a year

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

God changes nature of plant to punish wastefulness of man: yield of plant is decreased Tabu: using grain to clean child

Carried in tale types

Crime against Grain · ATU 779G* 1 recorded variant

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