Women old from their birth

Motif

Women old from their birth.

Sex. · Care of children. · Nurture and growth of children. · view the constellation · filed as T615.2

“As he was returning from the hunt, there met him heralds sent by Erginus to receive the tribute from the Thebans. Now the Thebans paid tribute to Erginus for the following reason. Clymenus, king of the Minyans, was wounded with a cast of a stone by a charioteer of Menoeceus, named Perieres, in a precinct of Poseidon at Onchestus; and being carried dying to Orchomenus, he with his last breath charged his son Erginus to avenge his death.”

— The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK II, ch. IV · served from our shelf uncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

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GreekThe Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK II, ch. IVThompson cites: *Frazer Apollodorus I 155 n. 4.

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Greek*Frazer Apollodorus I 155 n. 4. → on our shelf: The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK II, ch. IV

Within the index

Filed under Supernatural growth. (Cf. T585.)

Filed beside it

Precocious speech. (Cf. T585.)Precocious wisdom Precocious boy supports his widowed mother and himself by use of his wits Precocious young child demands weapons. (Cf. T617.1.)

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Devastating fox. Monthly human sacrifice Nuptial tabu. Man and wife forbidden intercourse for definite time Transformation: man to stone Petrification by glance Transformation to husband's (lover's) form to seduce woman Magic sandals Magic cap Magic cap renders invisible: tarnkappe. (Cf. D1067.2, D1361.16.)Magic sandals bear person aloft. (Cf. D1065.5.)Night magically lengthened Three women have but one eye among them. Pass it around. (Cf. F513.1.1.)Three women have but one tooth among them. Pass it around. (Cf. F512.1.2.)

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