Why ox is draft animal. (Cf. A2252.2.)

Motif

Why ox is draft animal. (Cf. A2252.2.)

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Animal characteristics – miscellaneous. · Utility of animals. · view the constellation · filed as A2515.1

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Indic The Mahābhārata , Book 12, Section CCLXII
Indic The Mahābhārata , Book 5, Section CXCIX

Within the index

Filed under Animal useful for bearing burdens.

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Race of ox and horse: ox must labor. Horse wins and ox must serve as draft animal. (Cf. A2515.1.)

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