46 motifs match “childbirth”  ·  back to the chapters

• Goddess of childbirth. A477
• Origin of childbirth. A1351
• Origin of childbirth pains. A1351.1
• 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
• 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
• Dead father returns to encourage daughter in childbirth. E327.2
• 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
• Woman to sound bell for help in childbirth persuaded to sound false alarms: not heeded when help is needed. J2199.1.2
• Alleged healing letter (charm) sold: to aid in childbirth. Actually works. When opened it contains nonsense. K115.1.1
• Anchorite prophesies at childbirth. M301.5.1
• Reward for shielding Mary in childbirth from gaze of onlookers. Q57.1
• Banishment till rose grows from table for preventing childbirth. (Cf. F971.2, Q251, T572).) Q431.4
• Husband abandons wife in childbirth in jungle. (Cf. S430.) S143.4
• Prevention of childbirth. T572
• Magic prevention of childbirth. T572.1
• Childbirth. T580
• Place and conditions of childbirth. T581
• Precautions at childbirth. T582
• Avoidance of evil spirits at childbirth. T582.1
• All locks in house to be shot during childbirth. T582.2
• Knots to be untied at childbirth. Particularly knots in the woman's clothes. T582.3
• Knife (other sharp instrument) as childbirth precaution. T582.4
• Accompaniments of childbirth. T583
• Couvade. Father goes into confinement at time of childbirth. T583.1
• Pains of woman in childbirth repeated in person of the man. T583.1.1
• Childbirth assisted by magic. (Cf. D1501.2.) T584.0.1
• Childbirth assisted by angel. T584.0.4
• Childbirth assisted by sacred stone. T584.0.6
• Cesarean operation upon a woman at childbirth as a custom. T584.3
• Extraordinarily long labor at childbirth. T584.5
• Prolonged labor: woman has childbirth pains for 100 days but is not delivered. T584.5.1
• Extraordinarily frequent childbirth. T586.5
• Childbirth – miscellaneous motifs. T589
• Sacrifice by women at childbirth. V17.9