Motif
Bewitched animal companion introduced at departure
bewitched_animal_companion_introduced_at_departure
A motif of the Divine Intervention and Guidance family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
romanian
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Roumanian Fairy Tales HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY / COPYRIGHT, 1885, / PREFACE. / CONTENTS.; lines 5243-5358 confidence: medium
The master lets the boy choose two head of horned cattle and ten smaller animals; the boy chooses medium-value animals and selects an ox that looks longingly at him, plus a cow.
The boy chooses an ox, then leaves for his parents; the passage states that the ox was bewitched and named Tellerchen.
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