Soul of unborn son comes out of mother's mouth (in form of stone), is kept by her, and later is given to son. (Cf. E711.7.)

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Soul of unborn son comes out of mother's mouth (in form of stone), is kept by her, and later is given to son. (Cf. E711.7.)

The dead. · The soul. · Soul leaves or enters the body. · view the constellation · filed as E726.2

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

Irish mythCross.

Within the index

Filed under Soul enters body and animates it.

Filed beside it

Soul received at birth Soul reunited with body

Travels with

Soul in stone. (Cf. E761.5.5.)

wander