μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Birth of human being from an egg. (Cf. F611.1.11.)

Sex. · Conception and birth. · Miraculous birth. · view the constellation · filed as T542

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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
On our shelf — the index’s citations, resolved to served chapters
Scholars’ trail — 12references

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.

  • GreekFrazer Apollodorus II 23 n. 7, 25 n. 1, Fox 24f., 203 → on our shelf: The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK III, ch. X
  • India*Thompson-Balys
  • HinduKeith 139
  • Indo-ChineseScott Indo-Chinese 276, 292
  • ChineseGraham
  • Buddhist mythMalalasekera I 757, 787
  • KoreanZong in-Sob 5 No. 2
  • S. Am. Indian (Chincha)Alexander Lat. Am. 230
  • Africa (Basuto)Jacottet 110.
  • general *Type 650
  • general Christiansen Norske Eventyr 92
  • general *Fb "æg" III 1142b
Within the index

Filed under Miraculous birth.

1 finer motif beneath it
Shepherdess born of red and blue egg
Filed beside it
Supernatural birth of saintsBirth from unusual part of person's bodyBirth from plantBirth from mineralBirth from groundBirth from waterBirth from virginBirth obtained through magic or prayerMiraculous birth – miscellaneous
Travels with
Strong hero born from eggWoman lays an egg. (Cf. T542.)
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
God as thiefGod serves as menial on earthOrigin of lyre. Hermes makes it from a tortoiseOrigin of shepherd's pipeColor of raven. (Cf. A2237.1, A2234.1, A2231.1, A2218.1)Magic power of seeing things undergroundResuscitation by bloodSuitor contest: raceSpine test. Attempt to kill hero by throwing him on sharp spine or spikeEscape by reversing horse's (ox's) shoesDeceiver in swinging contest killed. Old woman planning to kill hero in swinging game by cutting rope is killed when hero cuts the rope firstMiraculous conception

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