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Extraordinary occurrences concerning animals – miscellaneous.

Marvels. · Extraordinary occurrences. · Extraordinary occurrences concerning animals. · view the constellation · filed as F989

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Filed under Extraordinary occurrences concerning animals.

24 finer motifs beneath it
Horse jumps over high wall Bird's red eye cooks meat. Looks so intently at it that it heats and cooks Cuckoo-clock. Bird calls out the hours Man rides on back of fleeing wild boar. (Cf. B557.) Sheep never harmed by wild beasts One bull, one cow survive plague Swine kick trees to cause fruit to fall Mother-love induced in animal Milk from saint's cows forms lake Animals distribute parts of man's body in accordance with prophecy Animal as mighty drinker Sea animal found inland Animal dives into lake and disappears Birds hover over battlefield Hunt for extraordinary (magic) animal Extraordinary swarms of birds Marvelously swift horse Boar hung in spider's web Cock with enormous silver ears Egg becomes crowing cock Spider spins web across sky Animals eat extraordinary food Frog pierces hardest metals and marbles Frogs cast themselves into oven-flames and devour bread
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Extraordinary death of animal Animals carry extraordinary burden Extraordinary growth of animal Extraordinary protection for animal Animals change color Extraordinary occurrences concerning fishing Animal controls sex of offspring Extraordinary limbs of animals

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