2743.
Maier
(Bernhard): Beasts from the deep: the water-bull in Celtic, Germanic and Balto-Slavic traditions.
In
ZCP 51
(1999), pp. 4–16.
Suggests that the Insular Celtic tradition of a mysterious bull living in the sea may be related to an ancient Near Eastern god of the deep whose cult, connected to fertility, spread to Northern Europe via the Mediterranean.
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G 07.01 Narrative literature: Modern folk literature: General
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Words/Proper Names:
tarroo-ushtey (Mx)