Stith Thompson motif index · Motif

Thompson K1784.2 — Adventurer on otherworld island sees great hornless oxen guarded by giant: tries to frighten them

K1784.2
Thompson motif reference
K
Deceptions
0
Associated ATU tale types

Description

Motif

Adventurer on otherworld island sees great hornless oxen guarded by giant: tries to frighten them. "Why dost thou frighten the stilly calves?" says the huge herdsman. "Where are the dams of these calves?" asks the adventurer. "They are on the other side of yonder mountain," said he. So he went thence. Irish myth: *Cross.

Associated ATU tale types

Concordance

No ATU tale type in the current concordance points to this Thompson motif.