Origin of menstruation

Motif

Origin of menstruation.

Mythological motifs. · Creation and ordering of human life. · Ordering of human life. · Origin of sex functions. · view the constellation · filed as A1355

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter LX LX. Between Heaven and Earth
Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter XX XX. Tabooed Persons
Depth Commentary The Interpretation of Dreams , Chapter VI
North American Indigenous Myths of the Cherokee , ( Josmogonic Myths — Myth 4 4. ORIGIN OF DISEASE AND MEDICINE
Depth Commentary Totem and Taboo: Resemblances Between the Psychic Lives of Savages and Neurotics , Chapter II

Filed across the traditions

Finnish Aarne FFC VIII 6 No. 25, XXXIII 53 No. 25
Jewish Neuman
India *Thompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Origin of sex functions. (Cf. A1556.)

3 finer motifs beneath it

Origin of menstruation – Eve and the serpent. It is a punishment because Eve had intercourse with the serpent Origin of menstruation – Virgin Mary's garment. She hides her garment and a maiden finds it Previously men menstruated

Filed beside it

Origin of childbirth Origin of sexual intercourse Culture hero teaches women how to rear their children Origin of sterility among women

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