Thieving cow.
Deceptions. · Thefts and cheats. · Thefts. · Other means of theft. · view the constellation · filed as K366.1
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Filed under Theft by trickster's trained animal.
4 finer motifs beneath 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 itSelf-returning cow. A cow allows itself to be sold; then returns to its masterCows turned into rice field. Later made to disgorge rice