Birth of twins an indication of unfaithfulness in wife. (Cf. T586.3.)

Motif

Birth of twins an indication of unfaithfulness in wife. (Cf. T586.3.)

Sex. · Conception and birth. · Childbirth. · view the constellation · filed as T587.1

Scholars’ trail — 5references

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.

EnglishChild II 67 n., 511a, Wells 96 (Chevalere Assigne), 126 (Lai Le Freine), *Hibbard 295
GreekFox 79
IndiaThompson-Balys.
general *Harris Cult of the Heavenly Twins 10ff.
general Krappe "Tyndare" Studi e Materiali di Storia delle Religioni XV (1939) 23–29

Within the index

Filed under Birth of twins. (Cf. T685.)

Filed beside it

Twins born one with ear of other in mouth Last born twin conceived first

Travels with

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

Carried in tale types

Woman with Three Hundred and Sixty-five Children · ATU 7621 recorded variant

wander