“wolves” — Mythoi

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Wolves as god's dogs. A165.2.1.1.1
Wolves lick saint's shoes. B251.2.3
Wolves have annual (church) feast. B253.2
Domesticated wolves. B256.4
Wolves guard saint's cattle like watchdogs when he is absent. B256.4.1
Wolves and wild pigs condemned to death in lion's court for killing and eating sheep. B275.1.3.2
Saint makes covenant with wolves. B279.1
Does, tigresses, she-wolves milked into pond, which becomes a pond of milk. B531.2.1
Wolf-tail blankets. Wolves shelter man with their tails. B538.2
Man and bear in the rick of hay. The bear, persecuted by wolves, runs onto the hay-rick where the man was hidden, and defends himself from the wolves with bunches of hay. B855
Transformation: herd of cattle to wolves. D412.2.1
Strong man sent for wolves: brings them back home. F615.2.5
Strong man kills wolves in sea. F628.1.1.5
Sheep kill wolves. F989.5.1
Dog leader fears defeat because his forces are of different breeds. Wolves are all of one kind. J1023
Wolves climb on top of one another to tree: lowest runs away and all fall. J2133.6
Dogs of wolf color join the wolves. As soon as they have killed the other dogs the wolves then turn on the wolf-colored dogs which they have persuaded to join them. J2137.2
Cold hands and feet for the dead man. His wife has told him that one tells a dead person by his cold hands and feet. He freezes his feet and hands and lies down for dead. Wolves eat his ass. "Lucky for you that his master is dead!" J2311.7
Contest: harvesting the hay. The man calls out, "The wolves are coming!" The ogre is intimidated. K42.0.1
Peace between sheep and wolves. As hostages the dogs are handed over to the wolves; the young wolves to the sheep. The wolves then attack and kill the sheep. K191

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