μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 9references

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.

  • Irish mythCross
  • HinduKeith 166
  • IndonesiaDixon 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 hornsConception from drinking urineConception from drinking waterConception from drinking saint's tearsImpregnation from licking spittleConception from drinking sperm. (Cf. T531.1.)Conception from drinking dew
Filed beside it
Conception from eatingConception 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
Carried in tale types

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