μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Long pregnancy. Delayed by an enemy who bewitches the mother.

Sex. · Conception and birth. · Pregnancy. · view the constellation · filed as T574

Filed across the traditions
  • Icelandic Boberg
  • Finnish Kalevala rune 1 → on our shelf: The Kalevala, Rune I
  • Greek *Frazer Apollodorus I 166 n. 2 → on our shelf: The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK II, ch. IV
  • Persian Carnoy 331
  • Chinese Wilhelm Chinesische Märchen Nos. 15, 18, 29
  • Batak Frazer Golden Bough I 143
  • Philippine (Tinguian) Cole 180
  • Madagascar Dandoyau Contes populaires des Sakalava No. 57.
  • general *Toldo I 337, II 313
  • general *Frazer Pausanias V 45f.
  • general *Fb "føde" I 398
  • general Tegethoff 41
  • general Köhler-Bolte Zs. f. Vksk. VI 63 (to Gonzenbach No. 12)
  • general Child I 82ff., 489, III 497, V 285b. Irish: Thurneyson I 274, *Cross
Within the index

Filed under Pregnancy.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Long pregnancy: twelve months Long pregnancy: seven years
Filed beside it
Unreasonable demands of pregnant women Prevention of childbirth Short pregnancy Child speaks before birth. (Cf. A511.1.2.) Prenatal influences Fetus exchanged from one woman to another Pregnant man Pregnancy – miscellaneous motifs
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Woman who fell from the sky. – Daughter of the sky-chief falls from the sky, is caught by birds, and lowered to the surface of the water. She becomes the creator Culture hero snatched from mother's side Cosmic egg. The universe brought forth from an egg Creation from duck's eggs. Upper vault from half shell, lower vault from half shell, moonbeams from whites, sunshine from yellows, starlight from motley parts, clouds from dark parts Primeval water: In the beginning everything is covered with water Topographical features caused by experiences of primitive hero (demigod, deity). Footprints of the gods, thoroughfares of heroes, etc Devastating fox. Monthly human sacrifice Nuptial tabu. Man and wife forbidden intercourse for definite time Transformation: man to stone Petrification by glance Transformation to husband's (lover's) form to seduce woman Magic sandals

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