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Motif

Place and conditions of childbirth.

Sex. · Conception and birth. · Childbirth. · view the constellation · filed as T581

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“One day the boy said, “Father, make me two bows and the arrows for them.”’ His father asked him why he wanted two bows. The boy said, “I want them to change about.” His father made them for him, but surmised the boy had other reasons, and concluded he would watch the boy, and on one day, earlier than usual, he left his tipi and hid upon a hill overlooking his tipi, and while there, he saw two boys of about the same age shooting arrows.”

Tales of the North American Indians, Tale 44 · served from our shelf  receiptuncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

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Filed under Childbirth.

11 finer motifs beneath it
Birth of child in forestChild born of woman abandoned in pitChild born in treeChild born in stableChild born during snowstormNoise of battle precipitates birthChild born on flagstoneWoman bears twins at end of footrace (with king's horses)Child born on beachTwins born in tent; mother abductedBoy is born in a wrapping of fine cloth
Filed beside it
Jewess must entreat Virgin before she can bear her childPrecautions at childbirthAccompaniments of childbirthParturitionPrecocious infantMultiple birthsBirth of twins. (Cf. T685.)Motifs associated with the placentaChildbirth – miscellaneous motifs
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Resuscitation my frightening dead. Frequently combined with E61Resuscitation by musicResuscitation by breathing on corpseDeath thought sleep. Resuscitated person thinks he has been sleeping. He exclaims, "How long I have been asleep!"Door (gate) entrance to lower worldSwallowed person becomes baldCliff-ogre. Kicks victims over cliffRectum snakes. Snakes which creep into living man and devour himPot-tilter. Ogre who tilts a pot so that victims are drawn into itSucking monster. Giant (sometimes a giant hall or cave) sucks in victimsMan with fire moccasins. They set fire to surroundingsKilling trees threaten hero

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