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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 161
Rights: public_domain
Language: English
Record updated: 2026-08-25

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Aurora, the cow, process of re-creating, i

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Aurora, the cow, process of re-creating, i. 20; cow of abundance, 26; relations to Indras, 27; the milk of, 27; and her cows, 25, 29; the girl, the swift one without feet, 30, 31; the evening, perfidy of, 32; as a sorceress, 33; persecutions of, 34; the saviour, 35; once blind, now seeing and sight-giving, 36; and the night, 36-38; the sisters, 38; the younger, 38, 39; nuptials of, and its conditions, 39; fruit of the nuptials of, 39, 40; and Rakâ, 50; characteristic form of, 50; as a cow, 51; mother of the sun, 51; rich in pearls, 56; and the moon, 56, 65; the Persian, 100-102, 121-125, 146; awakener of, 163, 170; amours of, 324; the two, and the fox, ii.

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