Search
Motifs
- Cat helps man build house: may occupy chimney corner. (Cf. A2233.2, A2433.3.1.) A2223.1
- Animal characteristics: punishment for laziness. A2233
- Animals refuse to help dig well (make road) and are punished. A2233.1
- Animals refuse to help dig well: may not drink from river or spring. (Cf. A2435.1.1.) A2233.1.1
- Snake refuses to help make road: dies on road. (Cf. A2441.4.1.) A2233.1.2
- Shrew refuses to help make road: dies on road. (Cf. A2468.1.) A2233.1.3
- Sloth refuses to help make road: may not look upon sun. A2233.1.4
- Dog will not help build house: must remain out of doors. (Cf. A2223.1, A2433.3.2.) A2233.2
- Too cold for hare (dog) to build house in winter, not necessary in summer: must go without house. A2233.2.1
- Owl as watchman goes to sleep: does not see by day. He is placed as watchman of wren who is imprisoned in a mousehole. (Cf. A2332.6.6.) A2233.3
- Grasshopper builds no house for winter; ant strikes him blind: therefore born blind. (Cf. A2332.6.3.) A2233.4
- Bird neglects to build nest: goes without. (Cf. A2431.2.) A2233.4.1
- Why grasshopper is born blind. (Cf. A2233.4.) A2332.6.3
- Why owl is blind by day. (Cf. A2233.3.) A2332.6.6
- Why bird has no nest. (Cf. A2233.4.1.) A2431.2
- Dog's characteristic haunt. (Cf. A2233.2.) A2433.3.2
- Why certain birds may not drink out of river. (Cf. A2233.1.1.) A2435.1.1
- Why snake does not go on the road. (Cf. A2233.1.2.) A2441.4.1
- Why shrew dies on road. (Cf. A2233.1.3.) A2468.1