The World Literature of the Myth of the Cow in the Mythologies of Different Nations: A Comparative Study

Abstract

The religion and mythology of any nation cannot be understood apart from its historical context, and mythology represents the cultural background, beliefs, and thoughts of different nations. The relationship between humans and animals, as well as humans and gods, has been of great importance in various myths and legends. Many nations have great value and religious sanctity. The people of India and Egypt worship Gaura as God, and still, the cow is a valuable creature; eating its meat is forbidden and cursing this animal is a crime. This article is devoted to investigating the position and place of the cow in mythology and the reasons for its importance in the folklore of Khorasan and some other nations, including Egypt, China, Greece, India, etc., because whenever one literary work is compared with another, and one of them is evaluated in comparison with the other, they show a deeper a meaningful.