Birth from unusual part of person's body — Mythoi

Motif

Birth from unusual part of person's body.

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

Attested across traditions

North American Indigenous Tales of the North American Indians , Tale 59 receipt

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth Cross
Japanese Ikeda.

Within the index

Filed under Miraculous birth.

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

Filed beside it

Supernatural birth of saints Birth of human being from an egg. (Cf. F611.1.11.) Birth from plant Birth from mineral Birth from ground Birth from water Birth from virgin Birth obtained through magic or prayer Miraculous birth – miscellaneous

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Animals carry men Transformation: man to ornament Princess (maiden) abducted by monster (ogre). (Cf. R10.1.) Zeus gives man modesty, but it leaves when love enters

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