μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Birth trees. Spring forth as hero is born; act as life tokens, etc. (Cf. T589.7.1.)

Sex. · Conception and birth. · Childbirth. · view the constellation · filed as T589.3

Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth Cross.
  • general Type 303
  • general Köhler-Bolte I 179
  • general Fb "træ" III 865b
  • general *Kittredge Arthur 171 n. 1
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 Boy cut in two: each half becomes a boy 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 (Thompson’s cf.)
Simultaneous birth of (domestic) animal and child

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