Magic remedies for barrenness or impotence. (Cf. D1347, D1925, D2161.3.11.) — Mythoi

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Magic remedies for barrenness or impotence. (Cf. D1347, D1925, D2161.3.11.)

Sex. · Conception and birth. · Conception and birth – miscellaneous motifs. · view the constellation · filed as T591.1

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth Cross
Jewish *Neuman
India *Thompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Barrenness or impotence induced by magic.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Magic potion as remedy for impotence Milk of hornless, single-colored cow drunk by man to make wife fruitful

Filed beside it

Unlucky for a woman to look on the face of a childless person

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Magic object produces fecundity Fecundity magically induced Barrenness magically cured. (Cf. D1347.2, D1501.1, D1925.1.)

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