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Conception from eating.

Sex. · Conception and birth. · Miraculous conception. · view the constellation · filed as T511

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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
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Scholars’ trail — 12references

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.

  • JewishNeuman, Gaster Oldest Stories 84
  • EgyptianMüller 115
  • IndonesiaDixon 236
  • KoryakJochelson JE VI 324, 380
  • Eskimo (Greenland)Rink 437, 444, (Bering Strait): Nelson RBAE XVIII 461, (Aleut): Golder JAFL XVIII 85, (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 243
  • N. Am. Indian*Thompson Tales 323 n. 166h
  • general *BP I 544
  • general *Hartland Perseus I 71ff.
  • general Hdwb. d. Abergl. II 1032
  • general Frobenius Zeitalter des Sonnengottes I 236ff., 250ff.
  • general *Toldo I 337. Irish myth: *Cross
  • general S. Am. Indian (Central Brazil): Ehrenreich Int. Cong. Americanists XIV 661.
Within the index

Filed under Miraculous conception.

9 finer motifs beneath it
Queen and maidservant conceive from eating same food. Their sons are like brothers. (Cf. P311.4.)Conception from eating a fruit. (Cf. F611.1.8.)Conception from eating plantConception from eating vegetableConception from eating flowerConception from eating animalConception from eating parts of human beingConception from eating foodConception from eating – miscellaneous
Filed beside it
Conception 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 man
Travels with
Rejuvenation by being reborn. Man in fish form eaten and reborn. (Cf. T511.)
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Spine 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 firstMiraculous conceptionConception from falling rainConception from casual contact with manMiraculous birthBirth of human being from an egg. (Cf. F611.1.11.)Child born in a jug (jar)Pregnant manPlace and conditions of childbirth

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