The leech has two daughters. 'Give! Give!' they cry. There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, 'Enough!': death, the barren womb, land, which is never satisfied with water, and fire, which never says, 'Enough!'—the second four-thing proverb, describing insatiable forces and beings. The theological significance involves the principle of the futility of satisfying endless craving.

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