The constellation
M311 Prophecy: future greatness of unborn child. (Cf. M301.2.2, M301.5.1, M301.12, M359.3, M371.1.)
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filed under
- Favorable prophecies · M310 entry
beneath it
- Heroic career prophesied for (new-born) child · M311.0.1 entry
- Prophecy: birth of hero at certain time (in certain place) · M311.0.2 entry
- Prophecy: child to be born · M311.0.3 entry
- Heavenly voices proclaim birth of future child hero · M311.0.4 entry
- Prophecy: king's grandson will dethrone him · M311.1 entry
- Prophecy: child born at certain time will build religious edifice. (Cf. M312.5.) · M311.2 entry
- Prophecy: unborn child to be a saint · M311.3 entry
- Prophecy: unborn child to become king. (Cf. M314.) · M311.4 entry
- Unborn child will become nation's deliverer · M311.5 entry
- Prophecy: unborn child will be prophet · M311.6 entry
keeps company
- God swallows his pregnant wife to prevent birth of son whom he fears · M376 entry
- Flaying alive as punishment for contesting with a god · Q457.1 entry
- Birth from person's head · T541.4 entry
- Tabu: mortal lusting after goddess · C191 entry
- Giant. A person of enormous size. (For giants who are primarily ogres see G100 and G400–G599.) · F531 entry
- Giant wades the ocean · F531.3.1 entry
- Giant throws a great rock · F531.3.2 entry
- Blindness healed by sun's rays · F952.2 entry
- Ogre made drunk and overcome · G521 entry
cross-ref
- Three fates, "norns", prophesy at child's birth · M301.12 entry
- Old Woman, "völva", prophesies at child's birth · M301.2.2 entry
- Anchorite prophesies at childbirth · M301.5.1 entry
- Prophecy: unborn child to kill enemy in revenge · M359.3 entry
- Exposure (murder) of child to avoid fulfillment of prophecy of future greatness. Parent fears that the child will overcome him · M371.1 entry
- Destined hero. (Cf. M311, T22.) · Z254 entry
Thompson cites
- The Library (Bibliotheca) · BOOK I, ch. IV