Mother of heroes.--The three brothers of Scandinavian and German mythology.--The warrior-cow.--The sacred cow…
- 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 82
- Rights
- public_domain
- Language
- English
- Record updated
- 2026-08-25
Record summary
mother of heroes.--The three brothers of Scandinavian and German mythology.--The warrior-cow.--The sacred cow of Ögwaldr burned upon the hero's tomb.--The rod-phallos used to strike the cow, as an augury of abundance and fecundity.--The head of the ox used as a hook to catch the sea-serpent.--The Scandinavian cornucopi…
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Source passage
Source text · mention onlymother of heroes.--The three brothers of Scandinavian and German mythology.--The warrior-cow.--The sacred cow of Ögwaldr burned upon the hero's tomb.--The rod-phallos used to strike the cow, as an augury of abundance and fecundity.--The head of the ox used as a hook to catch the sea-serpent.--The Scandinavian cornucopia made of the horns of oxen.--The horn full of honey.--The horn-trumpet.--The daughter that milks.--The hero who eats oxen.--Atli eats the hearts of his sons, believing them to be the hearts of calves.--Hornboge.--To a wicked cow God gives short horns; to cut off the cow's horns; to take the bull or cow by the horns, three Germanic proverbs.--To dream of eagles announces the vicinity of cows; Scandinavian corresponding legend.--A red cow on a certain bridge announces a battle.--The Germanico-Scandinavian mythical bridge.--The red cow and the black cow yield white milk.--Digression upon mythical proverbs, and the explanation which seems to be the most likely.--To shut the stable after the cow has been stolen.--When the daughter is stolen, shut Peppergate.--He who has lost a cow and gets its tail back again has not much, but he has more than nothing.--To take by the horns.--Even if the cow's tail moves it does not fall
Historical context
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Modern context
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