μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Conception from sunlight.

Sex. · Conception and birth. · Miraculous conception. · view the constellation · filed as T521

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“Chinese Polytheism That the names of the gods of China are legion will be readily conceded when it is said that, besides those already described, those still to be mentioned, and many others to whom space will not permit us to refer, there are also gods, goddesses, patrons, etc., of wind, rain, snow, frost, rivers, tides, caves, trees, flowers, theatres, horses, oxen, cows, sheep, goats, dogs, pigs, scorpions, locusts, gold, tea, salt,…”

Myths & Legends of China, Chapter IV · served from our shelf

Attested across traditions
On our shelf — the index’s citations, resolved to served chapters
Scholars’ trail — 13references

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.

  • ChineseWerner 130, Eberhard FFC CXX 91 → on our shelf: Myths & Legends of China, Chapter IV
  • JapaneseIkeda
  • KoreanZong in-Sob 5 No. 2
  • SiberianHolmberg Siberian 398
  • N. Am. Indian*Thompson Tales 277 n. 21a
  • AztecKrickeberg Märchen der Azteken 230, 247
  • general *BP III 89 n. 2
  • general Frazer Golden Bough X 74ff.
  • general Baumann Mensch en Maatschappij VI 263
  • general *Hartland Primitive Paternity I 25ff., 90ff.
  • general Gaster Oldest Stories 169. India: Thompson-Balys
  • general Samoa, Fiji: Dixon 165 nn. 49f.
  • general S. Am. Indian (Tunja): Alexander Lat. Am. 201, (Karib): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 146, (Warrau): ibid. 145.
Within the index

Filed under Miraculous conception.

3 finer motifs beneath it
Conception from moonlightConception from rainbowConception from rays of a dragon
Filed beside 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 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
Tabu: facing the sun (sun-god) while urinating. (Cf. T521.)
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
God with many eyesBanquets of the godsFight of the gods and giantsDeath of the godsResurrection of godsStar-godGoddess of north starRank of the gods in HadesDoor-godsKitchen-godsGod of happinessGod of wealth
Carried in tale types

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