μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
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Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth *Cross
  • Icelandic *Boberg
  • Greek Fox 79 (Hercules), 92 (Hermes)
  • India *Thompson-Balys.
  • general *Toldo I 329
  • general Loomis White Magic 23
  • general Gaster Oldest Stories 69
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Filed under Childbirth.

9 finer motifs beneath it
Child born full (nearly) grown Child speaks at birth. (Cf. T575.1.) Infant born blind immediately drowns self Infant saint rebukes mother's impiety Child born with all his teeth Newborn child kisses dying mother Precocious hero leaves cradle to go to war Child stands (walks) at birth Child born circumcised
Filed beside it
Jewess must entreat Virgin before she can bear her child Place and conditions of childbirth Precautions at childbirth Accompaniments of childbirth Parturition Multiple births Birth of twins. (Cf. T685.) Motifs associated with the placenta Childbirth – miscellaneous motifs
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Extraordinary quick growth of animal. (Cf. T585.) Supernatural growth. (Cf. T585.) Precocious speech. (Cf. T585.)
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
God as thief God serves as menial on earth Sun father-in-law Origin of lyre. Hermes makes it from a tortoise Origin of shepherd's pipe Color of raven. (Cf. A2237.1, A2234.1, A2231.1, A2218.1) Animal bribed with food. (Sop to Cerberus.) Animal as guard of person or house Guardian animals evaded Transformation: man to feather Protean beggar: Person assumes successive forms in order to beg Transformation combat. Fight between contestants who strive to outdo each other in successive transformations

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