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

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Scholars’ trail — 5references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

FinnishAarne FFC VIII 23 No. 128. XXXIII 56 No. 128
EsthonianAarne FFC XXV 152 No. 76
LivonianLoorits FFC LXVI 96 No. 125
LithuanianBalys 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

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

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