μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Pregnant man.

Sex. · Conception and birth. · Pregnancy. · view the constellation · filed as T578

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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
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Scholars’ trail — 10references

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.

  • IcelandicMacCulloch Eddic 145 (Loki)
  • KoryakJochelson JE VI 324
  • Eskimo (Greenland)Rink 444, (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 326
  • N. Am. Indian*Thompson Tales 323 n. 166d
  • Africa (Basuto)Jacottet 196 No. 29.
  • general *Type 705
  • general *Fb "frugtsommelig" I 376b
  • general DeVries FFC LXXIII 268
  • general von der Hagen II 53ff. No. 24
  • general Christensen DF XLVII 227 No. 93, L 72. Irish myth: Cross
Within the index

Filed under Pregnancy.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Child incubated in man's thighMan transformed to female (human or animal) bears offspring. (Cf. T554.0.1.)
Filed beside it
Unreasonable demands of pregnant womenPrevention of childbirthShort pregnancyLong pregnancy. Delayed by an enemy who bewitches the motherChild speaks before birth. (Cf. A511.1.2.)Prenatal influencesFetus exchanged from one woman to anotherPregnancy – miscellaneous motifs
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Spine test. Attempt to kill hero by throwing him on sharp spine or spikeDeceiver in swinging contest killed. Old woman planning to kill hero in swinging game by cutting rope is killed when hero cuts the rope firstMiraculous conceptionConception from eatingConception from falling rainConception from casual contact with manMiraculous birthBirth of human being from an egg. (Cf. F611.1.11.)Child born in a jug (jar)Place and conditions of childbirth
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