Precocious speech. (Cf. T585.)

Motif

Precocious speech. (Cf. T585.)

Sex. · Care of children. · Nurture and growth of children. · view the constellation · filed as T615.1

“Then they laid the child of wonder, Fatherless, the magic infant, In the cradle of attention, To be rocked, and fed, and guarded; But he rocked himself at pleasure, Rocked until his locks stood endwise; Rocked one day, and then a second, Rocked the third from morn till noontide; But before the third day ended, Kicks the boy with might of magic, Forwards, backwards, upwards, downwards, Kicks in miracles of power, Bursts with might his…”

— The Kalevala, Rune XXXI · served from our shelf

On our shelf — the index’s citations, resolved to served chapters

FinnishThe Kalevala, Rune XXXIThompson cites: Kalevala runes 31, 50

Scholars’ trail — 4references

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.

Irish myth*Cross
FinnishKalevala runes 31, 50 → on our shelf: The Kalevala, Rune XXXI
Africa (Kaffir)Theal 72f.
general DeVries "De Sage van het ingemetselde Kind" Nederlandsche Tijdschrift voor Volkskunde XXXII (1917) 1

Within the index

Filed under Supernatural growth. (Cf. T585.)

Filed beside it

Women old from their birth Precocious wisdom Precocious boy supports his widowed mother and himself by use of his wits Precocious young child demands weapons. (Cf. T617.1.)

Travels with

Precocious infant

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Strong man as gardener: destroys plants Heat test. Attempt to kill hero by burning him in fire Hanging test. Unavailing attempt to kill hero by hanging Drowning test. Unavailing attempt to drown hero Caring for the child: child killed

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