L.--Two bulls conduct the poor brother to riches.--The bull carries the fugitive home.--The bull is split in…
- Date of account
- English edition published 1872
- Source
- Zoological Mythology; or, The Legends of Animals, Volume 1 (of 2)
- Reference
- Zoological Mythology; or, The Legends of Animals, Volume 1 (of 2) · selected passage 63
- Rights
- public_domain
- Language
- English
- Record updated
- 2026-08-25
Record summary
l.--Two bulls conduct the poor brother to riches.--The bull carries the fugitive home.--The bull is split in two, and is useful even after death.--Ivan and Helen, followed by the bear, flee upon the bull with their faces turned to the part whence the bear is likely to come.--The dwarf comes out of the bull's bones; the…
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Source passage
Source text · mention onlyl.--Two bulls conduct the poor brother to riches.--The bull carries the fugitive home.--The bull is split in two, and is useful even after death.--Ivan and Helen, followed by the bear, flee upon the bull with their faces turned to the part whence the bear is likely to come.--The dwarf comes out of the bull's bones; the dwarf dies amid the flames.--The beasts of prey help the hero.--John and Mary, sun and aurora of the Christians.--The saviour-bull again.--From the dead bull an apple-tree springs up.--Ivan delivers Mary.--Mary, the step-daughter, and persecuted.--The cow that spins, the good fairy, the Madonna, the moon.--The maiden who combs the hair is the same as the purifier.--The demoniacal cow obliges men to kiss her under her tail.--The witch who sucks the beautiful girl's breast whilst the latter combs her hair.--The hide of the demoniacal cow taken off.--The eye which does not sleep and plays the spy.--From the cow, the apple-tree; from the apple-tree, the branches which wound the wicked sisters, and let the good one pluck their fruit; from the apple, the husband.--The maiden bows to the right foot of the beneficent cow; a tree springs up again from the killed cow.--The red apples which cause horns to grow, and the white o
Historical context
Contextual commentary · mention onlyThis material belongs to a folklore tradition. Story type, collector, community, transmission and literary editing matter when comparing it with other sources.
Modern context
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