Birth of twins. (Cf. T685.)

Motif

Birth of twins. (Cf. T685.)

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

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Scholars’ trail — 2references

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 mythCross
India*Thompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Childbirth.

3 finer motifs beneath it

Birth of twins an indication of unfaithfulness in wife. (Cf. T586.3.)Twins born one with ear of other in mouth Last born twin conceived first

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 Precocious infant Multiple births Motifs associated with the placenta Childbirth – miscellaneous motifs

Travels with

Twins (triplets) exposed. (Cf. T587.)Twins. (Cf. T587.)

wander