The constellation
T574 Long pregnancy. Delayed by an enemy who bewitches the mother
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- Long pregnancy: twelve months · T574.1 entry
- Long pregnancy: seven years · T574.2 entry
keeps company
- Supernatural growth. (Cf. T585.) · T615 entry
- Women old from their birth · T615.2 entry
- Woman who fell from the sky. – Daughter of the sky-chief falls from the sky, is caught by birds, and lowered to the surface of the water. She becomes the creator · A21.1 entry
- Culture hero snatched from mother's side · A511.1.1 entry
- Cosmic egg. The universe brought forth from an egg · A641 entry
- Creation from duck's eggs. Upper vault from half shell, lower vault from half shell, moonbeams from whites, sunshine from yellows, starlight from motley parts, clouds from dark parts · A641.2 entry
- Primeval water: In the beginning everything is covered with water · A810 entry
- Topographical features caused by experiences of primitive hero (demigod, deity). Footprints of the gods, thoroughfares of heroes, etc · A901 entry
- Devastating fox. Monthly human sacrifice · B16.2.1 entry
- Nuptial tabu. Man and wife forbidden intercourse for definite time · C117 entry
Thompson cites
- The Kalevala · Rune I
- The Library (Bibliotheca) · BOOK II, ch. IV