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Motif

Miraculous conception.

Sex. · Conception and birth. · Miraculous conception. · view the constellation · filed as T510

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“He said to the old man, “Now you shall die for all this.” “Well,” said the old man, “you must die too, for all that you have done.’’ Then the son- in-law began to shoot arrows at the old man, and the latter becoming frightened called on Blood-Clot for help. Then Blood-Clot sprang up and upbraided the son-in-law for his cruelty. “Oh,” said the son-in-law, “I was just fooling.” At this Blood-Clot shot the son-in-law through and through.”

— Tales of the North American Indians, Tale 45 · served from our shelf  receiptuncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

Attested across traditions
On our shelf — the index’s citations, resolved to served chapters
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Scholars’ trail — 16references

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.

  • BretonSébillot Incidents s. v. "conceptions", RTP XV 471, 552, 597
  • Greek*Frazer Apollodorus I 21 n. 5 → on our shelf: The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK I, ch. III
  • Jewish*Neuman
  • India*Thompson-Balys
  • N. Am. Indian*Thompson Tales 323 n. 166e
  • S. Am. Indian (Tupinamba)Métraux RMLP XXXIII 172.
  • general *Type 516
  • general *BP I 544
  • general *Hartland Perseus I 71ff.
  • general *Chauvin V 43 No. 18 n. 1
  • general **Hartland Paternity
  • general Hdwb. d. Abergl. II 808
  • general *Frobenius Zeitalter des Sonnengottes I 223–263
  • general *Rösch FFC LXXVII 96
  • general Hdwb. d. Märchens I "Abstammung, wunderbare"
  • general Loomis White Magic 16. – English: Wells 31 (Geoffrey's life of Arthour), 39 (Nennius' Historia Britonum), 42 (Arthour and Merlin), 101 (King Alisaunder)
Within the index
25 finer motifs beneath it
Conception from eatingConception from drinkingConception from wish. (Cf. T548.1.)Conception after reciprocal desire for each otherImpregnation through glanceConception through dreamConception from extraordinary intercourseConception from divine impregnationConception from sunlightConception from falling rainConception from bathing. (Cf. D1788.)Conception from wind. (Cf. A715.2, F611.1.9.)Conception from falling starConception because of prayerMagic impregnation by use of charm (amulet)Impregnation by thunder (lightning)Conception from casual contact with manConception from other contactsConception from spittle. (Cf. T541.8.2.)Conception from blood. (Cf. T541.1, T563.2.)Conception from fire. (Cf. F611.1.10.)Conception from feathers falling on womanConception from scarification. Pigeons scarify woman on loinsUnusual conception in old age +1 more
Travels with
Belief in Immaculate Conception. (Cf. T510.)Supernatural origin of hero: magic conception. (Cf. T510.)
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Siren. Bird with woman's headTabu: rivaling the godsTransformation to escape loverMagic musicRocks moved by magicFlower from grave bears letters. These commemorate the buried personOrpheus. Journey to land of dead to bring back person from the deadSpine test. Attempt to kill hero by throwing him on sharp spine or spikeDeceiver in swinging contest killed. Old woman planning to kill hero in swinging game by cutting rope is killed when hero cuts the rope firstConception from eatingConception from falling rainConception from casual contact with man
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