μῦθοι Mythoi
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  • IndiaThompson-Balys.
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Filed under Thieving cow.

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

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