The Little Bull-Calf

The Little Bull-Calf
Folk tale
NameThe Little Bull-Calf
Aarne–Thompson groupingAaTh 511A, "The Little Red Ox" + ATU 300, "The Dragonslayer"
MythologyRomani
CountryEngland

The Little Bull-Calf is an English Romani fairy tale collected by Joseph Jacobs in More English Fairy Tales.[1]

Marian Roalfe Cox, in her pioneering study of Cinderella, identified it as a "hero" type, featuring a male hero instead of the usual heroine.[2]

  1. ^ Joseph Jacobs, More English Fairy Tales. "The Little Bull-Calf"
  2. ^ "If The Shoe Fits: Folklorists' criteria for #510". Art Institute of Chicago. 2006. Archived from the original on 28 September 2012.