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• Creator born from egg. A27
• Goddess of music and dance born of incestuous union (Brahma and daughter). A112.1.1.1
• Gods born from various parts of creator's body. A112.3
• God born from peculiar part of parent's body. A112.7
• God born from mother's ear. A112.7.1
• God born from mother's armpit. A112.7.2
• Goddess born from mother's eyes. A112.7.3
• God born after prematurely short pregnancy. A112.7.4
• Gods borne by human woman. A112.9
• Elementary spirits borne by human woman. A112.9.1
• Child born from union of God with hen. A112.11
• Gods born from object. A114
• Deity born from sea-foam. Aphrodite. A114.1
• Goddess born from sweat of rock washed by sea. A114.1.1
• God born of another god's sweat. A114.1.1.1
• God born from egg. A114.2
• Deity born in shape of egg. A114.2.1
• Deity born from skull. A114.3
• Deity born from tree. A114.4
• Eldest god born in front, younger at back. (Cf. A112.7.) A161.5
• God reborn of human woman to avenge self on giant. (Cf. A179.5.) A162.5
• Deity ascertains destiny of newborn babe and inscribes it upon his forehead. A189.7
• Deity's child becomes fire as soon as he is born. A199.3
• Culture hero reborn. A510.2
• Culture hero born three times. A511.1.7
• Culture hero born from egg. A511.1.9
• Beings born in hell have long bodies and cling with long nails to walls. A671.6
• In other world one room contains the dead, another contains souls of the unborn waiting to enter the wombs of women, and a third contains all the evil spirits. A678
• Sun born of first couple. A715
• Sun and moon born from a woman. A715.1
• Sun and moon born from a goddess impregnated by the wind. A715.2
• Sun and moon born from an ogre. A715.3
• Sun and moon born of lizard. A715.6
• Moon born from first couple. A745.1
• Earth born of Chaos. A801
• Land born from goddess. A954
• Mankind born from a cow. A1224.4
• Man born from mountains. A1245.5
• First man born from apple. A1253.1.2
• Tribe born from fire. A1268.1
• First parents originate from gold which is from body of first man. Born fifteen years old. A1271.4
• Theft of light by being swallowed and reborn. The hero transforms himself to a particle. The daughter of the guardian of light swallows him as she is drinking water. He is reborn. As a child in the house he steals light. A1411.2
• Animals born from primeval mating of snake and person. A1772
• Ravens show Adam how to bury dead: are born with white feathers. A2223.7
• Grasshopper builds no house for winter; ant strikes him blind: therefore born blind. (Cf. A2332.6.3.) A2233.4
• Why grasshopper is born blind. (Cf. A2233.4.) A2332.6.3
• Plants from foetus or body of stillborn child. A2611.0.2
• Monster cat born of a pig. B16.1.1.1
• Horse born of egg. Mythical hero will come riding on such a horse. B19.3
• Vegetable lamb born from melons (as from eggs). B95.1
• Newly-born divine twins cared for by mother-of-tigers. B241.2.8.1
• Congenital helpful animal. Born at same time as master and (usually) by same magic means. B311
• Eaten meat of bear-lover causes unborn son to have bear characteristics. (Cf. B611.1.) B635.1.1
• Barnacle goose. Goose born from barnacles. B712
• Animal born from animal carcass. B713
• Bees born from carcass of ox. B713.1
• Animal born from putrification. B713.2
• Worm (monster) from caul born with child. B714
• Animal born from human or animal bones. B716
• Animal born from earth. B717
• Crab's offspring born through its chest. B754.7.1
• Eagle catches gazelle's young as it is born. B754.7.2
• Sex tabu broken: child born without bones. C101
• Monster born because of hasty (inconsiderate) wish of parents. C758.1
• Unborn child affected by mother's broken tabu. C993
• Offer to make pups born of woman in shape of hound human. D601
• Creature born from egg changes size at will. D631.4.4
• Disenchantment by drinking milk of queen who has borne two boys. (Cf. D759.2.) D764.1
• Magic object born with hero. D857
• Stone on which saint is baptized (is born) has magic powers. D931.0.3
• Magic heart of unborn child. D997.1.1
• Magic blood of unborn child. D1003.3
• Star indicates location of newborn hero. D1314.13
• Heart of unborn child renders person invisible. (Cf. D997.1.1.) D1361.8
• Magic power not effective on men born on certain day. D1745.1
• Dream by a (pregnant) woman about fate of her unborn child. D1812.3.3.8
• Woman cries out on beholding man her unborn child is destined to slay. (Cf. T575.1.) D1812.4.1
• Divination by choice of roads: which son to be born first. D1812.5.0.17
• King who finds golden bow and arrow (spindle) knows an heir will be born to him. D1812.5.2.9
• Magic knowledge of unborn calf. D1819.8
• Rejuvenation by being reborn. Man in fish form eaten and reborn. (Cf. T511.) D1889.7
• Murder by showing man caul with which he was born. D2061.2.7
• First-born of a family cannot see ghosts. E421.1.1.0.1
• Persons born at midnight can see ghosts. E421.1.1.1
• Life in land of dead contrary to ours. People grow younger and smaller till they become nothing and are reborn. E489.2
• Reincarnation: woman reborn as man. E605.1.1
• Man reborn as woman. E605.1.2
• Reincarnation: god reborn as man. E605.2
• Reincarnation: spirit reborn as man. E605.2.1
• Horse-headed men reborn as money-lenders. E605.8
• Person transforms self, is swallowed and reborn in new form. (Cf. D605.7, D610.) E607.2
• Person is swallowed and then reborn. E607.2.1
• Bad woman cursed to be reborn as bat. E692.1
• Mean person reborn as hyena. E692.2
• Tricky potter reborn as crab. E692.3
• Jealous woman reborn as chilly. E692.4
• Cruel woman reborn as firefly. E692.5
• Drowned girl reborn as leech to take revenge on murderers. E693.1
• Woman reborn as bedbug to take revenge on husband. (Cf. E616.5.) E693.2
• Woman reborn as scorpion to take revenge on husband. E693.3