Childbirth assisted by magic. (Cf. D1501.2.) — Mythoi

Motif

Childbirth assisted by magic. (Cf. D1501.2.)

Sex. · Conception and birth. · Childbirth. · view the constellation · filed as T584.0.1

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth Cross
Icelandic *Boberg.
general *Kittredge Witchcraft 114, 443f. nn. 85–102

Within the index

Filed under Parturition.

Filed beside it

Husband acts as midwife when no woman is available Birth of holy person painless Childbirth assisted by angel While saint's mother was giving birth to the child, she grasps a stout rod which roots and becomes a sturdy tree Childbirth assisted by sacred stone Birth through the mother's side Child removed from body of dead mother Cesarean operation upon a woman at childbirth as a custom Piglings cut from bodies of sows and reared Extraordinarily long labor at childbirth After-birth (placenta) becomes a demon Hero is born by splitting mother's womb Child helps mother in severing his navel string

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Charms make childbirth easy. (Cf. D1273.)

ask the rhapsode about this motif · search the shelf for “childbirth” · wander