Motif
animal feature explained as punishment
animal_feature_explained_as_punishment
A motif of the Shapeshifter and Transformation family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
germanic
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Household Tales by Brothers Grimm SECOND STORY / FIRST STORY / SECOND STORY / THIRD STORY; lines 21493-21580 confidence: high
The sole, left far behind, angrily asks who is first, calls the winner the naked herring, and the tale says the sole's mouth has been at one side ever since as punishment.
The passage explains the sole's one-sided mouth as a punishment following its jealous insult of the herring.
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