μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Conception from drinking.

Sex. · Conception and birth. · Miraculous conception. · view the constellation · filed as T512

Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth Cross
  • Hindu Keith 166
  • Indonesia Dixon 238 n. 52
  • Eskimo (Bering Strait) Nelson RBAE XVIII 461.
  • general *BP I 544
  • general *Hartland Perseus I 71ff.
  • general *Penzer I 95 n. 2
  • general *Schoepperle II 276
  • general Central Caroline Islands: ibid. 251
Within the index

Filed under Miraculous conception.

7 finer motifs beneath it
Conception from drinking elixir from goat's horns Conception from drinking urine Conception from drinking water Conception from drinking saint's tears Impregnation from licking spittle Conception from drinking sperm. (Cf. T531.1.) Conception from drinking dew
Filed beside it
Conception from eating Conception from wish. (Cf. T548.1.) Conception after reciprocal desire for each other Impregnation through glance Conception through dream Conception from extraordinary intercourse Conception from divine impregnation Conception from sunlight Conception from falling rain Conception from bathing. (Cf. D1788.) Conception from wind. (Cf. A715.2, F611.1.9.) Conception from falling star Conception because of prayer Magic impregnation by use of charm (amulet) Impregnation by thunder (lightning) Conception from casual contact with man
Carried in tale types

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