Animals bequeath characteristics to man. Horse gives him the characteristics of youth (fiery), cow of middle age (avaricious), and the dog of old age (fractious)

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Animals bequeath characteristics to man. Horse gives him the characteristics of youth (fiery), cow of middle age (avaricious), and the dog of old age (fractious).

Animals. · Friendly animals. · Services of helpful animals. · Miscellaneous services of helpful animals. · view the constellation · filed as B592

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Scholars’ trail — 5references

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.

FableHalm Aesop No. 173
general BP III 290
general Köhler-Bolte I 42ff.
general Babrius No. 74
general Wienert FFC LVI *70 (ET 347), 127 (ST 358).

Within the index

Filed under Miscellaneous services of helpful animals.

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Animal avenges murder Animal as house-spirit Animal rejuvenates person Animal helps saint by setting fire to neglected church Cow gives marvelous supply of milk through virtue of saint Animal as confederate of adulterous wife Other services of helpful animals

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