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# “The Hindus call the bull father, and the cow mother
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/indusy-byka-nazyvaiut-ottsom-a-korovu-materiu/
- Published: 2024-09-26T06:30:36.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:32:34.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Faith, The East, Art, Books, Ethnography

“The Hindus call the bull father, and the cow mother. On their dung they bake bread and cook their dishes.”

Dmitry Butorin. Illustration to Afanasy Nikitin’s *Journey Beyond Three Seas*. 1960