Birth from semen thrown on ground — Mythoi

Motif

Birth from semen thrown on ground.

Sex. · Conception and birth. · Miraculous birth. · view the constellation · filed as T541.10

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth Cross
Greek Frazer Apollodorus II 90 n. 1. → on our shelf: The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK III, ch. XIV

Within the index

Filed under Birth from unusual part of person's body.

Filed beside it

Birth from blood Birth from wound or abscess Birth from tears Birth from person's head Birth from man's thigh Birth from an arm Birth from an eye Birth from secretions of the body Birth from contact of severed male genitals with ground Birth from lotus issuing from a god's navel Birth from nine mothers. (Cf. A112.5.) Birth from man's shoulder Birth through the ear Birth through the back Birth from knee

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Magic strength resides in semen. (Cf. T541.10.)

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Local deluges Determination of seasons Plant characteristics from tears. (Cf. A2755.3.1, A2755.3.2.) Origin of amber in poplar trees. (Cf. A2731.2.) Origin of gum in myrrh tree. (Cf. A2731.2.) Transformation: man to nightingale Sea produced by magic Cecrops. Body compounded of man and serpent Man marries his aunt (mother's sister)

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