Child speaks at birth. (Cf. T575.1.)
Sex. · Conception and birth. · Childbirth. · view the constellation · filed as T585.2
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
- Indian / Hindu (Sanskrit epic) The Ramayan of Valmiki (Griffith verse translation) , Book 6, Canto 64
- Greco-Roman The Library (Bibliotheca) , BOOK III, ch. IV
- Greco-Roman The Library (Bibliotheca) , BOOK I, ch. III
- Indic The Mahābhārata , Book 1, Section LXXIX
- Indic The Mahābhārata , Book 9, Section 44
Filed across the traditions
- Jewish *Neuman
- India *Thompson-Balys
- Buddhist myth Malalasekera I 151, II 944, 1247
- S. Am. Indian (Toba) Métraux MAFLS XL 97
- Africa Frobenius Atlantis II 57, IV 278, VII 148, 208, XII 125, (Benga): Nassau 184 No. 24 version 2, (Bahonga): Einstein 247, (Fang): ibid. 57, (Mkulwe): ibid. 18f.
- general *Penzer II 39 n. 2
- general *Liebrecht 210ff.
- general Günter 242 s. v. "redend"
- general Cowell Jātaka VI 157, 250
- general Chavannes 500 Contes I 30, 243, 427. Irish myth: *Cross
Within the index
Filed under Precocious infant.
2 finer motifs beneath it
Filed beside it
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
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