Prophecy: child to be born

Motif

Prophecy: child to be born.

Ordaining the future. · Prophecies. · Favorable prophecies. · view the constellation · filed as M311.0.3

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

IrishGods and Fighting Men: The Story of the Tuatha de Danaan and of the Fianna of Ireland, Ch. 65CHAPTER III. THE DAUGHTER OF KING UNDER-WAVE
IrishGods and Fighting Men: The Story of the Tuatha de Danaan and of the Fianna of Ireland, Ch. 44CHAPTER XI. LABRAN'S JOURNEY
Depth CommentaryThemis: A Study of the Social Origins of Greek Religion, CHAPTER 1X
GermanicGrimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 2929.— THE DEYIL WITH THE THREE GOLDEN

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.

IndiaThompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Prophecy: future greatness of unborn child. (Cf. M301.2.2, M301.5.1, M301.12, M359.3, M371.1.)

2 finer motifs beneath it

Prophecy: child to be born to childless couple Prophecy that if raja should take one more queen he will have a son

Filed beside it

Heroic career prophesied for (new-born) child Prophecy: birth of hero at certain time (in certain place)Heavenly voices proclaim birth of future child hero Prophecy: king's grandson will dethrone him Prophecy: child born at certain time will build religious edifice. (Cf. M312.5.)Prophecy: unborn child to be a saint Prophecy: unborn child to become king. (Cf. M314.)Unborn child will become nation's deliverer Prophecy: unborn child will be prophet

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