Animal as shepherd for man — Mythoi

Motif

Animal as shepherd for man.

Animals. · Animals with human traits. · Other animals with human traits. · view the constellation · filed as B292.1

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Depth CommentaryPsychology of the Unconscious: A Study of the Transformations and Symbolisms of the Libido, Part II — CHAPTER VIII
Greco-RomanThe Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK I, ch. VI
Depth CommentaryPrimitive Culture: Researches into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art, and Custom, Chapter V
Depth CommentaryPsychology of the Unconscious: A Study of the Transformations and Symbolisms of the Libido, Part I — CHAPTER I

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Filed under Animal as servant to man.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Baboon as shepherd for man Dog as shepherd for man

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