Large cow. (Cf. B871.1.1.) — Mythoi

Motif

Large cow. (Cf. B871.1.1.)

Humor. · Humor of lies and exaggeration · Lies about animals. · Lies about mammals. · view the constellation · filed as X1235.1

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter XLIX XLIX. Ancient Deities of Vegetation as Animals
Indic The Mahābhārata , Book 13, Section LXXX
Greek Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica , HESIOD’S WORKS AND DAYS
Indic The Mahābhārata , Book 13, Section LXXI
North American Indigenous Myths of the Cherokee , Snake. Fish, and Insect Myths — Myth 59 59. THE SMALLER REPTILES— FISHES AND INSECTS

Within the index

Filed under Lie: remarkable cow.

1 finer motif beneath it

Cow wears church bell for cowbell

Filed beside it

Lie about cow's rich milk Owner provides cow with green goggles, feeds her sawdust or snow Lie: cow climbs to roof Lie: cow puts bread in oven

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Carried in tale types

The Great Ox · ATU 1960A 1 recorded variant

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