Comparative mythology corpus

Transformation Of Cattle Into Predators

1 appearances across 1 tradition groups.

Evidence

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TraditionSourcePassageConfidenceEvidenceRecord
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 680-769 high Finnish giants are described as cunning and ferocious; Soini/Kullervo tears swaddling clothes at three days old, kills a nursed child, burns a cradle, builds an earth-to-heaven fence of pine trees and serpents, and changes cattle into wolves and bears to destroy his mistress. record