- Offers to bring a unicorn but only if Noah saves him as well
- Worried more about starving to death than being drowned
- Despite Noah's rejection, Og still brings the unicorn
- Believes that Noah will help, or was planning to use unicorn as way to force Noah to help him (as he does later)?
- When flood comes, Og gets on unicorn's back and threatens to steal all the unicorn's food
- Og accepts Noah's bargain to become a servant to Noah's descendants in exchange for food
- After rain stops, Og is happy about mortals (humans) being gone
- Noah reminded Og about the bargain
- Og was so upset that he refused to eat for two days
- Bad at thinking in the future - made the deal for food, but then when reminded of the deal, got depressed
- Overreaction to sadness - didn't eat for two days after being reminded of the bargain
- After Ark landed, Og told Noah he was going to leave, got reminded of bargain again
- Short memory? Bargain slipped his mind
- OR trying to trick Noah
- Wept tears after being reminded, and wept silently (without tears) after Noah told him not to cry (to not drown the world)
- Complained daily about lack of food and his resulting shrinking in size, while helping build houses for Noah's children
- Noah forced Og to carry a heavy bag of seeds when going to plant fruit and flowers
- When planting grapes, Og offers sacrifices
- Brings a sheep, a lion, a pig, and a monkey
- Sheep: after a few drops of wine, man will be harmless like a sheep
- Lion: after a little more wine, man will have a lion's strength
- Pig: after too much wine, will turn into a "beast like the pig"
- Monkey: more, "foolish behavior like a monkey"
- Og offered two extra blessings (pig and monkey)
- Seemed vindictive?
- Og drank too much, got scolded by Abraham until he dropped a tooth from fright
- Og became King of Bashan, broke deal with Noah and opposed Israelites when they tried to obtain Canaan
- Grabbed a mountain to drop on Israelites, but it crumbled and fell on him and around his neck, tangled in his teeth
- While he was distracted, Moses leapt up and sliced open the giant's ankle which killed Og
(Possible Arist: Sol Aronson, Web Source)
Bibliography: The Giant of the Flood from Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends by Gertrude Landa. Web Source
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