hardship exile and survival on animal milk and blood

germanic

• Teutonic Mythology, Volume 4 SICKNESSES. 1661 / SICKNESSES. / SICKNESSES. 1665 / HERBS AND STONES. 1669; lines 19420-19510 confidence: high

  Mary has many herbs named after her; Liebfrauen-milch is compared with Aphrodite's milk; Marien-milch is polypodium, said to have grown from drops of milk Mary scattered over the land.

  Marien-milch is said to have grown from drops of milk scattered by Mary over the land.

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• Teutonic Mythology, Volume 4 TREES AND ANIMALS. / TREES. 1479 / ANIMALS. 1481 / ANIMALS. 1483; lines 10151-10241 confidence: medium

  Nandini is called the best of kine, and whoever drinks her milk remains young for 10,000 years.

  Drinking Nandini's milk is said to keep a person young for 10,000 years.

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mongol

• The Mongols - A History CHAPTER II / TEMUDJIN BEGINS HIS MIGHTY CAREER / CHAPTER m / WANG KHAN OF THE KERAITS; lines 2566-2651 confidence: medium

  Temudjin says Wang Khan left the Gurkhan, passed through Uigur country, survived on the milk of five sheep and blood from his camel, and came to Temudjin on a gray old blind wretched horse.

  Temudjin’s message recounts Wang Khan’s difficult passage through Uigur country, surviving on the milk of five sheep and blood from his camel before arriving on a wretched horse.

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• The Mongols - A History CHAPTER II / TEMUDJIN BEGINS HIS MIGHTY CAREER / CHAPTER m / WANG KHAN OF THE KERAITS; lines 2566-2651 confidence: medium

  Temudjin recalls that when he and Jamuka lived at the father’s yurta, the one who rose earlier took mare’s milk from the father’s dark drinking cup; Temudjin says he always rose early and Jamuka then conceived hatred.

  Temudjin recalls that he and Jamuka lived at his father’s yurta and competed by rising early to drink mare’s milk from the father’s dark drinking cup, after which Jamuka conceived hatred.

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afro caribbean

• Jamaica Anansi Stories RIDDLES. / INDEX TO RIDDLES. / ABBREVIATIONS OF TITLES. / NOTES.; lines 12015-12138 confidence: medium

  In Dayrell’s King’s Magic Drum, a king gives Tortoise a tree bearing foo-foo and dropping foo-foo and soup, but it loses power if visited twice; the son follows and breaks the spell.

  The passage cites a tree that produces food and soup but loses power if visited twice, and a food-producing animal trapped by a father and released by a son.

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finnish karelian

• Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland DR. J.D. BUCK, / AN ENCOURAGING AND UNSELFISH FRIEND, AND TO HIS AFFECTIONATE FAMILY, / THESE PAGES ARE GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED. / PREFACE; lines 338-431 confidence: high

  Three Luonnotars are created by Ukko rubbing his hands on his left knee; they walk the crimson cloud borders, sprinkle white, red, and black milk over hills and mountains, and become mothers of iron.

  Three Luonnotars sprinkle white, red, and black milk over hills and mountains and become mothers of iron.

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hindu

• The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3: Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3: Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 / BOOK 8; lines 4875-4958 confidence: high

  The report names Sakala, Apaga, and the Jarttikas, then describes Gauda liquor, beef with garlic, meat-flour cakes, purchased rice, and intoxicated women singing and dancing without restraint.

  The passage repeatedly condemns the Vahikas through descriptions of Gauda liquor, beef and other meats, dog-licked vessels, and milk from sheep, camels, and asses.

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islamic

• The Koran (Al-Qur'an) CHAPTER XXVII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXVIII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 28042-28140 confidence: medium

  Moses is prevented from taking the breasts of the nurses provided before his sister arrives; she offers to direct the household to people of his nation who can nurse and care for him.

  Moses refuses the breasts of other nurses, enabling his sister to bring his mother as the successful nurse.

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native american northwest coast

• Tsimshian Mythology Tsimshian Mythology / TSIMSHIAN MYTHS / BOAS J; lines 9753-9854 confidence: high

  The couple leaves their old home in heavy snow, travels downriver on snowshoes, the prince is weak from starvation and suckled by his wife, and they pass from snow into a summer place while black clouds remain over the village.

  The wife suckles the starving prince twice a day and continues to suckle him while she eats the food he refuses.

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