Birth from a tree — Mythoi

Motif

Birth from a tree.

Sex. · Conception and birth. · Miraculous birth. · view the constellation · filed as T543.1

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Reference The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (abridged) , Chapter LXVII LXVII. The External Soul in Folk-Custom
Depth Commentary Psychology of the Unconscious: A Study of the Transformations and Symbolisms of the Libido , Part II — CHAPTER VIII
Literary Crystallization Moby-Dick; or, The Whale , 41

Filed across the traditions

Greek Fox 198
Chinese Eberhard FFC CXX 84
Indonesia DeVries's list No. 159.

Within the index

Filed under Birth from plant.

Filed beside it

Twig, born of a woman, is planted and becomes a girl. (Cf. T555.) Birth from flower Birth from fruit Birth from fungus Birth from gourd Birth from grass (grain) Birth from vegetable

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