Boy born with one side flesh and one iron — Mythoi

Motif

Boy born with one side flesh and one iron.

Sex. · Conception and birth. · Monstrous births. · view the constellation · filed as T551.4

Filed across the traditions

Africa (Kaffir) Theal 129.

Within the index

Filed under Child with extraordinary members (limbs).

1 finer motif beneath it

Child born beautiful on one side, hairy on other

Filed beside it

Child born without limbs Child born with two heads. (Cf. F551.0.2.1.) Child born with animal head Child born half man, half fish Child born without mouth Child born with one ear Child born with caul (containing serpent) Child born with claws as result of curse by dying peddler murdered by its parents Monstrous birth – nine faces, nine arms, nine feet Birth of one-eyed child. (Cf. F512.1.) Child born with one leg Child born hairy Child with all of its organs out of place Child born blood-red

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