Precocious infant

Motif

Precocious infant.

Sex. · Conception and birth. · Childbirth. · view the constellation · filed as T585

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Attested across traditions

Greco-RomanThe Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK III, ch. X receipt
“gave birth to Hermes in a cave of Cyllene.® He was laid in swaddling-bands on the winnowing ‘fan,‘ but he slipped out and made his way to Pieria” uncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan
North American IndigenousTales of the North American Indians, Tale 39 receipt

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Greco-RomanThe Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK III, ch. X

Scholars’ trail — 7references

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.

Irish myth*Cross
Icelandic*Boberg
GreekFox 79 (Hercules), 92 (Hermes)
India*Thompson-Balys.
general *Toldo I 329
general Loomis White Magic 23
general Gaster Oldest Stories 69

Within the index

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

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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