μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

New-born child reincarnation of recently deceased person.

Sex. · Conception and birth. · Childbirth. · view the constellation · filed as T589.5

Filed across the traditions
  • N. Am. Indian *Alexander N. Am. 281 n. 20.
  • general Fb "sjæl" III 214a
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 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.) Where children come from. Explanations given to children Simultaneous births Woman strives to delay birth until auspicious day Child with several mothers. (Heimdal.)

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