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Motifs
- God changes nature of plant to punish wastefulness of man: yield of plant is decreased. A2723.2
- Tabu: wastefulness. C851
- Thief serves king buffaloes he has killed in hunt and lost; thus reproaches king's wastefulness. J1289.15
- God's wastefulness. A man is robbed and later the same day is given much money. He complains to God, "What was the use of taking from me what you were going to give back to me after stealing from another?" J2215.1
- Food disappears because of wastefulness. Q585.4