The constellation
M376 God swallows his pregnant wife to prevent birth of son whom he fears
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- Exposure of pregnant woman to avoid fulfillment of prophecy concerning future child · M376.1 entry
- Murder of pregnant woman to avoid fulfillment of prophecy · M376.2 entry
- Children swallowed one after the other as they are born for fear one of them will overcome father · M376.3 entry
- Delivery of child fated to rule retarded in order to avoid fulfillment of prophecy · M376.4 entry
keeps company
- 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
- Prophecy: future greatness of unborn child. (Cf. M301.2.2, M301.5.1, M301.12, M359.3, M371.1.) · M311 entry
Thompson cites
- The Library (Bibliotheca) · BOOK I, ch. IV