While saint's mother was giving birth to the child, she grasps a stout rod which roots and becomes a sturdy tree

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While saint's mother was giving birth to the child, she grasps a stout rod which roots and becomes a sturdy tree.

Sex. · Conception and birth. · Childbirth. · view the constellation · filed as T584.0.5

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

general Loomis White Magic 22f.

Within the index

Filed under Parturition.

Filed beside it

Childbirth assisted by magic. (Cf. D1501.2.)Husband acts as midwife when no woman is available Birth of holy person painless Childbirth assisted by angel 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

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