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• Imperfect god, subject to death and rebirth. A102.18
• Birth of gods. A112
• Divine child cast out at birth. A112.10
• Goddess of childbirth. A477
• Birth and rearing of culture hero (demigod). A511
• Birth of culture hero. A511.1
• Culture hero speaks before birth. A511.1.2
• Twin culture heroes quarrel before birth. (Cf. A515.1.1.) A511.1.2.1
• Culture hero incarnated through birth from virgin. A511.1.3
• Birth of culture heroes from human bones swallowed by jaguar's human wife. A511.1.4.3
• Abandonment of culture hero at birth. A511.2.1
• Daughter of culture hero gives birth to boy. A592.2.1
• Sun as man who left earth. Man, usually of supernatural birth, ascends to the sky and becomes the sun. A711
• Creator separates sun and moon to prevent birth of more stars. A736.1.4.3
• Lakes burst forth to commemorate birth, death, battle, etc., of primitive hero. A920.1.4
• Rivers burst forth to commemorate birth, death, battle, etc., of primitive hero. (Cf. A901, A920.1.4.) A934.3
• Wells break forth at birth of Christ. A941.5.0.2
• Goddess gives birth to islands. A955.9
• Five great roads of Ireland "discovered" on night of king's birth. A994
• Birth of monsters as sign at end of world. A1070.1
• Signs before the birth of Antichrist. A1075.1
• Earth gives birth to woman. A1234.4
• Mother of the world gives birth to three sons. A1282.1
• Man at first with two faces, separated at birth of first woman. A1316.0.1
• Determination of relation between birth-rate and death-rate. A1322
• Origin of sickness and misfortune: monstrous births from brother-sister incestuous union. A1337.0.7
• Origin of childbirth. A1351
• Origin of childbirth pains. A1351.1
• Origin of customs connected with birth. A1560
• Origin of insects: monstrous births from brother-sister incest. A2006
• Plant blessed for help at Jesus' birth. A2711.1
• King of fishes prophesies hero's birth. B144.1
• Animals rejoice at Christ's birth. B251.1
• The lion blows first life into its cubs three days after their birth. B751.4
• Tabu: husband looking at supernatural wife in childbirth. (Cf. C151.) C31.1.4
• Tabu connected with childbirth. C150
• Tabu: man not to be present at childbirth. (Cf. C31.1.4.) C151
• Certain foods tabu one (two) months before childbirth. C152.3.2
• Tabu: contact with woman at childbirth. C153
• Tabu: carrying corpse of woman who died in childbirth. C153.1
• Tabus following childbirth. C154
• Food tabus following childbirth. C154.1
• Tabu: mentioning land of person's birth. C442
• Tabu imposed at birth. C901.2
• Magic pills insure birth of twin sons. (Cf. D1243.) D1347.3.1
• Magic lake: whoever dies in it will have his desires fulfilled in future birth. (Cf. D921.) D1470.1.45
• Charms make childbirth easy. (Cf. D1273.) D1501.2
• Magic plant makes childbirth easy. (Cf. D965.) D1501.3
• Magic fruit from Yggdrasil placed in fire makes childbirth easy. (Cf. D981.) D1501.4
• Magic belt assists in childbirth. (Cf. D1057.) D1501.5
• Tree bows to help Virgin Mary in childbirth. (Cf. V250.) D1648.1.2.1
• Giant immortal so long as he touches land of his birth. D1854
• All diseases healed at birth of Christ. (Cf. V211.1.) D2161.6.1
• Diseases cured at holy man's birth. D2161.6.3
• Dead father returns to encourage daughter in childbirth. E327.2
• Dead man's hand touches birthmark and thus removes it. E542.2
• Rebirth by crawling into woman's womb. E607.2.2
• Vulture eats only those who will be reborn as human beings in their next birth. E697
• Soul forgets everything at birth. E705
• Soul visits places of birth, death, baptism, and burial after leaving body. E722.3.3
• Soul received at birth. E726.1
• New star for each birth. A star in the sky for each person. E741.1.1.1
• Star as sign of birth of hero. E741.1.1.2
• Shooting star signifies a birth. Stars are the dead. When they fall they are being reborn. At death they are replaced in the sky. E741.1.2
• No time, no birth, no death in otherworld. F172
• Offspring of fairy and mortal has long hair and beard at birth. F305.3
• Fairy presides at child's birth. Sometimes the Norns, the Fates, etc. F312
• Fairies bestow supernatural gifts at birth of a child. F312.1
• Three fairies sent to queen about to give birth to child. F312.3
• Fairy predicts birth of child. F315
• Birth of daughter so beautiful mother is frightened and abandons her. F575.1.1
• Hero has lain motionless since birth. F583
• Strong man's birth and rearing. F611
• Strong man's birth. F611.1
• Person of remarkable sight finds tracks of swine stolen seven years before his birth. F642.2
• Blind man able to recognize real pearls by their smell, diamonds by touch, a good horse by screwing its ears, and raja of noble birth by his generosity. F655.1
• Extraordinary nature phenomena at birth of holy person (hero). F960.1
• Extraordinary nature phenomena at birth of royalty. F960.1.1
• Thunder report at birth of king. (Cf. F968.) F960.1.1.1
• Shower of gold and silver rains upon king's ship at birth of his children. F960.1.1.2
• Extraordinary nature phenomena at birth of hero. (Cf. T583, V222.) F960.1.2
• Extraordinary precipitation at birth of hero. (Cf. F962.) F960.1.2.1
• Shower of lotuses at birth of hero. F960.1.2.1.1
• Exhibition of lights at saint's birth. F960.1.3
• Extraordinary nature phenomena at rebirth: nine worlds tremble. F960.1.5
• Bright star indicates birth of holy person. F961.2.1
• Dry rod blossoms on night of saint's birth. F971.1.1
• Trees spring up to commemorate birth of primitive hero (demigod, deity). (Cf. F960.1.) F979.11
• Roads miraculously appear on day of hero's birth. F1099.2.1
• Pious die on their birthday. F1099.7
• Witch gives birth to toads and snakes after union with devil. G243.3.1
• Recognition by birthmark. H51.1
• Test: guessing princess's birthmarks. H525
• King: What is your mother doing? Youth: She shows the light of the world to one who has not yet seen it. (Assists at a birth.) H583.4.1
• What is most pleasant? Love. (In spite of childbirth pains women continue becoming pregnant.) H659.13.1
• Task: making a bull bear a calf. Reductio ad absurdum: have a man prepare for childbirth. (Cf. H952.) H1024.1.1.1
• Question (propounded on quest): Why does no one ever drink water of two certain wells? Answer: In their last birth they had been two Brahman women and whenever they wanted to give alms they gave only to each other. H1292.1.1
• Question (propounded on quest): Why does no one desire to eat fruits of a certain tree? Answer: Tree in its last birth had been a very learned man who gave his knowledge away. H1292.2.1
• Question (propounded on quest): Why is the cow so severely beaten every day by her calf? Answer: in her last birth she had been the young of her present calf and had treated it the same way. H1292.16
• Question (propounded on quest): Is a poor shepherd known to God? Answer: He had been a very generous god-fearing person in his last birth and God had not forgotten him. H1292.17