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Motifs
- Origin of snail. A2181
- Stag defeated by snail vomits his gall-bladder. A2211.13
- Origin of snail's shell. A2312.2
- Color of snail. (Cf. A2218.) A2411.5.3
- Origin of snail's monotonous voice. A2423.1.6
- Enmity between cattle and snails. A2494.12.3.1
- Enmity between porcupine and snail. A2494.12.10
- Transformation: man to snail. D198
- Transformation: snail to person. D398
- Magic snail body cures boils. (Cf. D1010.1.) D1502.8.2
- Thumbling hides in a snail shell, in a mouse hole. F535.1.1.10.2
- Snail grows and fills house entirely. F983.1
- Test of resourcefulness: putting thread through coils of snail shell. Thread tied to ant who pulls it through. H506.4
- Mirror begrimed by snail. J451.4
- Fool thinks gold is being destroyed when snails crawl over it. J1816
- Singing snails rebuked. A boy roasts snails and they make noise in cooking. "Wretches, your house burns and yet you sing!" J1885
- Heron (crane) loses interest in heaven if there are no snails. U125.1
- Lies about snails. X1345
- Lie: snail kills lion. X1345.1
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