μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Multiple birth as result of relations with several men. (Cf. T587.1.)

Sex. · Conception and birth. · Childbirth. · view the constellation · filed as T586.3

Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth Cross
  • general S. Am. Indian (Tenetehara): Wagley-Galvao BBAE CXLIII (3) 148, (Kaigua, Tembé, Apapocuvá-guarani): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 136.
Within the index

Filed under Multiple births.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Woman ravished by three brothers bears triplets Triplets killed by tribe at birth
Filed beside it
Many children at a birth Extraordinary number of children in family Extraordinary number of animals at birth Extraordinarily frequent childbirth
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Birth of twins an indication of unfaithfulness in wife. (Cf. T586.3.)

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