Pregnant man — Mythoi

Motif

Pregnant man.

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

Attested across traditions

North American Indigenous Tales of the North American Indians , Tale 45 receipt

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Filed across the traditions

Icelandic MacCulloch Eddic 145 (Loki)
Koryak Jochelson 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 thigh Man transformed to female (human or animal) bears offspring. (Cf. T554.0.1.)

Filed beside it

Unreasonable demands of pregnant women Prevention of childbirth Short pregnancy Long pregnancy. Delayed by an enemy who bewitches the mother Child speaks before birth. (Cf. A511.1.2.) Prenatal influences Fetus exchanged from one woman to another Pregnancy – miscellaneous motifs

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Spine test. Attempt to kill hero by throwing him on sharp spine or spike Deceiver in swinging contest killed. Old woman planning to kill hero in swinging game by cutting rope is killed when hero cuts the rope first Miraculous conception Conception from eating Conception from falling rain Conception from casual contact with man Miraculous birth Birth of human being from an egg. (Cf. F611.1.11.) Child born in a jug (jar) Place and conditions of childbirth

Carried in tale types

Born from Fruit (Fish) · ATU 705A 1 recorded variant
Born from Knee · ATU 705B 1 recorded variant

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