Birth from nine mothers. (Cf. A112.5.) — Mythoi

Motif

Birth from nine mothers. (Cf. A112.5.)

Sex. · Conception and birth. · Miraculous birth. · view the constellation · filed as T541.12

Filed across the traditions

Icelandic MacCulloch Eddic 153 (Heimdall).

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 semen thrown on ground Birth from lotus issuing from a god's navel Birth from man's shoulder Birth through the ear Birth through the back Birth from knee

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

God as son of nine giantesses

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