Childbirth – miscellaneous motifs — Mythoi

Motif

Childbirth – miscellaneous motifs.

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

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Filed under Childbirth.

9 finer motifs beneath 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.) 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.)

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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 Birth of twins. (Cf. T685.) Motifs associated with the placenta

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