The constellation
T585 Precocious infant
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The same sky, in words
filed under
- Childbirth · T580 entry
beneath it
- Child born full (nearly) grown · T585.1 entry
- Child speaks at birth. (Cf. T575.1.) · T585.2 entry
- Infant born blind immediately drowns self · T585.3 entry
- Infant saint rebukes mother's impiety · T585.4 entry
- Child born with all his teeth · T585.5 entry
- Newborn child kisses dying mother · T585.6 entry
- Precocious hero leaves cradle to go to war · T585.7 entry
- Child stands (walks) at birth · T585.8 entry
- Child born circumcised · T585.9 entry
keeps company
- Supernatural growth. (Cf. T585.) · T615 entry
- Origin of lyre. Hermes makes it from a tortoise · A1461.2 entry
- Origin of shepherd's pipe · A1461.6 entry
- God as thief · A177 entry
- God serves as menial on earth · A181 entry
- Sun father-in-law · A226 entry
- Color of raven. (Cf. A2237.1, A2234.1, A2231.1, A2218.1) · A2411.2.1.5 entry
- Animal bribed with food. (Sop to Cerberus.) · B325.1 entry
- Animal as guard of person or house · B576.1 entry
- Guardian animals evaded · B576.1.1 entry
cross-ref
- Extraordinary quick growth of animal. (Cf. T585.) · F983.0.1 entry
- Supernatural growth. (Cf. T585.) · T615 entry
- Precocious speech. (Cf. T585.) · T615.1 entry
attested in
- The Library (Bibliotheca) · BOOK III, ch. X
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 39