Boy cut in two: each half becomes a boy

Motif

Boy cut in two: each half becomes a boy.

Sex. · Conception and birth. · Childbirth. · view the constellation · filed as T589.2

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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.

general N. Am. Indian (Shoshonean): Alexander N. Am. 133, (California): Gayton and Newman 92.

Within the index

Filed under Childbirth – miscellaneous motifs.

Filed beside it

Co-operative birth. Each of two wives bears a half-boy. They are placed together and form a real boy Birth trees. Spring forth as hero is born; act as life tokens, etc. (Cf. T589.7.1.)Birth with veil brings luck. (Cf. T552.5.1.)New-born child reincarnation of recently deceased person Where children come from. Explanations given to children Simultaneous births Woman strives to delay birth until auspicious day Child with several mothers. (Heimdal.)

Travels with

Only half a son is born by queen who ate merely half of mango. (Cf. F525, T589.2.)

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