Woman gives birth to animal — Mythoi

Motif

Woman gives birth to animal.

Sex. · Conception and birth. · Monstrous births. · view the constellation · filed as T554

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Indic The Mahābhārata , Book 13, Section IX

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth *Cross
Icelandic MacCulloch Eddic 279
Italian Novella Rotunda
Greek Fox 108, 211
India Thompson-Balys
Africa (Zulu) Callaway 105, 268, (Kaffir): Theal 148.
general Type 441
general BP II 236ff., 482ff.
general *Fb "hund" I 678b

Within the index

Filed under Monstrous births.

12 finer motifs beneath it

Woman transformed to animal bears animal. (Cf. T578.2.) Tiger, spirit, and man sons of one mother Woman bears dog Woman bears crane Woman bears monkey Woman bears tortoise (turtle) Woman bears goat Woman gives birth to a snake Woman bears frog Woman bears three pigs Woman gives birth to a bird Supernaturally impregnated woman gives birth to dragon

Filed beside it

Monster child helps mother Abnormally born child has unusual powers Misshapen child from brother-sister incest. (Cf. T415.) Monstrous birth because mother sees horrible sight Blemished children born of monstrous parent Only half a son is born by queen who ate merely half of mango. (Cf. F525, T589.2.) Poor woman gives birth to child who has no body (merely head or skull) Child with extraordinary members (limbs) Child born bearing an object Thumbling born as result of hasty wish of parents. They wish for a child, no matter how small he may be Woman gives birth to a plant. (Cf. T543.0.1.) Woman gives birth to a demon Child born with viper in heart (body) Child born in a jug (jar) White woman bears black child Birthmarks

Carried in tale types

The Girl as Goat · ATU 409A 1 recorded variant
Hans my Hedgehog · ATU 441 1 recorded variant

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