Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

animal champion defeats territorial rivals at bridges

animal_champion_defeats_territorial_rivals_at_bridges

A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


romanian

  • Roumanian Fairy Tales HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY / COPYRIGHT, 1885, / PREFACE. / CONTENTS.; lines 5360-5480 confidence: high

    An enormous fat bull comes while the youth plays the flute and asks why he and Tellerchen have come to drink the bull’s water and feed on its grass; it challenges Tellerchen at the Gold Bridge.

    Tellerchen is challenged by bulls over pasture and water and defeats them at the Gold Bridge and Silver Bridge.

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