Aarne-Thompson-Uther (ATU) - Types of Folktales

534: The Youth Who Tends the Buffalo Herd

ATU > 300-749: TALES OF MAGIC > 500-559: Supernatural Helpers > 534: The Youth Who Tends the Buffalo Herd

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Cf. Types 181, 510C, 511A. I. The youth and the Wild Buffaloes (Cows). A youth cares for wild buffaloes which he comes upon in the forest and is befriended by them [B395, B396, N832.1, B537]. (a) The youth is lost or abandoned. (b) A tiger carries a…

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