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Motifs — first 20 of 54
- Mother Earth pregnant with Adam. A401.1
- Shooting stars spirits coming down to earth to make woman pregnant. A788.3
- Origin of charms for pregnant women. A1562.1
- Emergence of tribe from lower world stopped by fat woman or pregnant woman who becomes lodged in the hole of egress. A1631.1
- Dog indicates pregnant woman, adulteress, etc. (Cf. B121.1, B134, B153.) B152.1
- Peacock pregnant without intercourse. Male spits up semen and female eats it. This as a curse. (Cf. A2236.5.) B754.6
- Female snake seven years pregnant. B765.25
- Tabu: refusing unreasonable demand of pregnant woman. C152.2
- Eating tabus for pregnant woman. C152.3
- Pregnant woman not to eat food baked overnight. C152.3.1
- Dream by a (pregnant) woman about fate of her unborn child. D1812.3.3.8
- Snake becomes powerless when his path is crossed by a pregnant woman. D1837.4
- Devil advises young girl not to go to a castle. Later, when she returns pregnant she says that the devil advised her to serve at the castle. He slaps her and tells her she is lying. G303.9.7.1
- What is most pleasant? Love. (In spite of childbirth pains women continue becoming pregnant.) H659.13.1
- Riddle: a fish was my father; a man was my mother. (Man eats magic fish and becomes pregnant; a girl is taken from his knee.) H791
- Tasks assigned because of longings of pregnant woman. H936
- Quest assigned because of longings of pregnant woman. H1212.4
- Pregnant woman craving fish sends husband to heaven after lucky fishhook. (Cf. H936.) H1267
- Pregnant wife left in charge of friend. H1558.9
- "But by a fine fellow!" Dying toad thus comforts his paramour, the frog, whom he is leaving neither married nor widow nor maiden and pregnant. J865.1