The constellation
T565 Woman lays an egg. (Cf. T542.)
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The same sky, in words
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- Monstrous births · T550 entry
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- Monster child helps mother · T550.1 entry
- Abnormally born child has unusual powers · T550.2 entry
- Misshapen child from brother-sister incest. (Cf. T415.) · T550.3 entry
- Monstrous birth because mother sees horrible sight · T550.4 entry
- Blemished children born of monstrous parent · T550.5 entry
- Only half a son is born by queen who ate merely half of mango. (Cf. F525, T589.2.) · T550.6 entry
- Poor woman gives birth to child who has no body (merely head or skull) · T550.7 entry
- Child with extraordinary members (limbs) · T551 entry
- Child born bearing an object · T552 entry
- Thumbling born as result of hasty wish of parents. They wish for a child, no matter how small he may be · T553 entry