Mermaid has human midwife — Mythoi

Motif

Mermaid has human midwife.

Animals. · Mythical animals. · Fish-men. · view the constellation · filed as B81.6

Cited in the index

general *Fb "havfrue" I 569b.

Within the index

Filed under Mermaid. Woman with tail of fish. Lives in sea.

Filed beside it

Mermaids are like fishes in the water, like men on land Woman from water world Mermaids from Pharoah's children. They were drowned in the Red Sea Mermaid marries man Mermaid leads people astray Mermaid captures a maiden Mermaid sits on knight's bedpost Mermaid warns of bad weather Mermaid cannot pass through ice Appearance of mermaid Mermaid swallows man Mermaid's singing causes sleep. Girl tumbles from boat and drowns When mermaid appears Miscellaneous actions of mermaid

Carried in tale types

Midwife in the Underworld · ATU 476** 1 recorded variant

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