Tobacco from grave of bad woman

Motif

Tobacco from grave of bad woman.

Mythological motifs. · Origin of trees and plants. · Various origins of plants. · Creation of plants by transformation. · view the constellation · filed as A2611.2

Filed across the traditions

Finnish Aarne FFC VIII 23 No. 128. XXXIII 56 No. 128
Esthonian Aarne FFC XXV 152 No. 76
Livonian Loorits FFC LXVI 96 No. 125
Lithuanian Balys Index No. 3240, Legends Nos. 326–337
S. Am. Indian (Paressi) Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 359, (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 62.

Within the index

Filed under Plants from body of slain person or animal.

1 finer motif beneath it

Tobacco from grave of virgin

Filed beside it

Plants from grave of dead person or animal Plants from foetus or body of stillborn child Human placenta transformed into plant Parts of body of god transformed into plants Parts of human or animal body transformed into plants Corn from body of slain person. (Cf. A2685.1.) Coconut tree from head of slain monster Pepper plant from body of slain person. (Cf. A2686.3.) Mandrake from blood of person hanged on gallows. (Cf. A2664.) Hair transformed into plants Origin of rue: from drops of Christ's blood

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Origin of tobacco. (Cf. A2611.2, A2611.2.1.)

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