μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Bestiality. Intercourse of a human being and an animal.

Sex. · Illicit sexual relations. · Sexual perversions. · view the constellation · filed as T465

Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth *Cross
  • Jewish *Neuman, Leviticus 18: 23
  • Babylonian Gilgamesch-Epos VII
  • India Thompson-Balys
  • West Indies Flowers 578.
Within the index

Filed under Sexual perversions.

5 finer motifs beneath it
Sheep born with human head as a result of bestiality Foal born of Loki after dealing with mythical stallion Homocentaurus born as a result of bestiality Children are spotted like leopards as result of bestiality Pig born with head like that of man as a result of bestiality
Filed beside it
Person enamored of an object Lesbian love Homosexual love (male) Necrophilism: sexual intercourse with dead human body The amorous bite
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Bestiality punished. (Cf. T465.)

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