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The Parrot Pretends to be God. Cf. Types 1380, 1422. [В131.3, J1154.1, К1971].
I. The Tell-tale Parrot. (a) A parrot decides a lawsuit against a woman, or (b) reports a woman's infidelity to her husband. (c) The woman orders the parrot killed, cooked, and served to her, but the parrot escapes the cook (after it is plucked) and the cook substitutes a chicken.
II. The Parrot as God. (a) The parrot hides in a temple and advises the woman, when she comes to worship, to shave her head, give away all her goods, or the like, and she will go directly to heaven. The woman thinks it is a god speaking and obeys, (b) When she has done as ordered and has called the people to witness her ascent into heaven, the parrot ridicules her.
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