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Conception from casual contact with man.

Sex. · Conception and birth. · Miraculous conception. · view the constellation · filed as T531

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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
Scholars’ trail — 6references

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
  • IndiaThompson-Balys
  • HawaiiBeckwith Myth 229
  • Philippine (Tinguian)Cole 144
  • N. Am. Indian*Thompson Tales 323 n. 166f.
  • general *Hartland Primitive Paternity I 18, 26
Within the index

Filed under Miraculous conception.

1 finer motif beneath it
Conception from having licked semen-stained loincloth. (Cf. T512.6.)
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 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)
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 eatingConception from falling rainMiraculous 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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