Self-returning cow. A cow allows itself to be sold; then returns to its master — Mythoi

Motif

Self-returning cow. A cow allows itself to be sold; then returns to its master.

Deceptions. · Thefts and cheats. · Thefts. · Other means of theft. · view the constellation · filed as K366.1.3

Filed across the traditions

Hindu Keith 90.

Within the index

Filed under Thieving cow.

1 finer motif beneath it

Animal shams death and is sold. Returns to master

Filed beside it

Cow makes a hundred-fold return. The trickster has a cow that leads the parson's cows to him. He thus tests the parson's text, "He who gives in God's name shall have it back a hundred-fold." Cow enticed away by calf. Brothers are given the choice of a cow or a calf. One chooses the cow and thinks that he has the best of the bargain. The cow longs for the calf and returns to it Cows turned into rice field. Later made to disgorge rice

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