Helpful cow. (Cf. B354.)

Motif

Helpful cow. (Cf. B354.)

Animals. · Friendly animals. · Kinds of helpful animals. · Helpful beasts. · Helpful domestic beasts. · view the constellation · filed as B411

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In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Vedic (Indian / Sanskrit)The Hymns of the Rigveda, 6.50

Scholars’ trail — 4references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

India*Thompson-Balys
ChineseGraham, Eberhard FFC CXX 52 No. 32.
general *Type 510A
general Cox passim. – Halm Aesop No. 173, Wienert FFC LVI *70 (ET 347), 127 (ST 358). – Irish myth: Cross. – Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "animaux"

Within the index

Filed under Helpful domestic beasts.

6 finer motifs beneath it

Helpful bull. (Cf. B182.3.1.)Helpful ox Helpful calf Helpful buffalo Helpful bullock Helpful steer

Filed beside it

Helpful horse Helpful ass Helpful mule Helpful camel Helpful sheep Helpful goat Helpful hog Helpful dog. (Cf. B524.1.1, B268.2.1. War-dogs.)Helpful cat

Travels with

Cow grateful for being milked. (Cf. B411.)

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