culture hero snatched from mother's side (Q111807507)
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narrative motif documented in Thompson's Motif-Index of Folk-Literature
- A511.1.1.
- A511.1.1. Culture hero snatched from mother's side.
- demigod snatched from mother's side
- culture hero born by caesarean section
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narrative motif documented in Thompson's Motif-Index of Folk-Literature |
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S. Am. Indian (Kaiguà)
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snatched from mother's side
Finally Ibonia is born, but not as ordinary people are. His story denies that female genitals can be the organ of birth: he is "snatched from his mother's side." This euphemism of Thompson's (motif A511.1) is not much more literal than Macduff's assertion that he "was from his mother's womb / Untimely nipped" (Macbeth 5.8.15-16). (English)
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[...] he is "snatched from his mother's side." This euphemism of Thompson's (motif A511.1) is not much more literal than Macduff's assertion that he "was from his mother's womb / Untimely nipped" (Macbeth 5.8.15-16). Both are as allusive as the modern phrase "Caesarian section." (English)
Culture hero snatched from mother's side.
A500-A599 Demigods and culture heroes
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