Birth from an arm — Mythoi

Motif

Birth from an arm.

Sex. · Conception and birth. · Miraculous birth. · view the constellation · filed as T541.6

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Irish Gods and Fighting Men: The Story of the Tuatha de Danaan and of the Fianna of Ireland , Ch. 3 CHAPTER I. THE COMING OF LUGH
Indic The Mahābhārata , Book 13, Section CLX
Indian / Hindu (Sanskrit epic) The Ramayan of Valmiki (Griffith verse translation) , Book 6, Canto 64
Norse The First Nine Books of the Danish History of Saxo Grammaticus , Book 2

Filed across the traditions

S. Am. Indian (Toba) Métraux MAFLS XL 98.
general Micronesia: Dixon 251 nn. 18–22

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 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 nine mothers. (Cf. A112.5.) Birth from man's shoulder Birth through the ear Birth through the back Birth from knee

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