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THE CUCKOO, THE HERON, THE HEATHCOCK, THE PARTRIDGE, THE NIGHTINGALE, THE SWALLOW, THE SPARROW, AND

Date of account: English edition published 1872
Source: Zoological Mythology; or, The Legends of Animals, Volume 2 (of 2)
Reference: Zoological Mythology; or, The Legends of Animals, Volume 2 (of 2) · selected passage 131
Rights: public_domain
Language: English
Record updated: 2026-08-25

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The little sea-urchin (and the dwarf Vishnus and the dolphin are equivalent to it, the word çinçumâras being equivocal in Sanskrit) in the Rigvedas draws the chariot of riches; in the Eddas, a dwarf in the form of a pike (in Greek lükios, in Latin lucius) watches over gold, and guards the ring; in Russian legends, the …

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The little sea-urchin (and the dwarf Vishnus and the dolphin are equivalent to it, the word _çinçumâras_ being equivocal in Sanskrit) in the _Rigvedas_ draws the chariot of riches; in the _Eddas_, a dwarf in the form of a pike (in Greek _lükios_, in Latin _lucius_) watches over gold, and guards the ring; in Russian legends, the little jorsh (formidable, like the josz, by its sharp quills), united with the dolphins, draws out of the sea the casket containing the sultan's ring. The horn of the moon, which appears in the sea of night, belongs now to the bull which carries the fugitive hero, now to the fish çapharî, which, having become large, takes in tow the ship of Manus, and saves it from the waters, that it may not be wrecked.

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