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| Roman | The Aeneid of Virgil | BOOK FIRST / THE COMING OF AENEAS TO CARTHAGE / BOOK SECOND / THE STORY OF THE SACK OF TROY; lines 1318-1408 | high | A sudden sign appears: a harmless light or flame streams over Iülus' head; the family tries to quench it with spring water, and Anchises prays to Jupiter to confirm the omen. | record |
| Roman | The Aeneid of Virgil | BOOK SEVENTH / THE LANDING IN LATIUM, AND THE ROLL OF THE ARMIES OF ITALY / BOOK EIGHTH / THE EMBASSAGE TO EVANDER; lines 5479-5516 | medium | The father asks Jupiter to restore his past years and recalls cutting down enemies, burning conquered shields, and killing King Erulus, who had three lives and triple arms from Feronia. | record |
| Roman | The Aeneid of Virgil | BOOK SEVENTH / THE LANDING IN LATIUM, AND THE ROLL OF THE ARMIES OF ITALY / BOOK EIGHTH / THE EMBASSAGE TO EVANDER; lines 5518-5602 | medium | The shield depicts the she-wolf in Mars’ green cave with twin boys at her teats, playing as she strokes and shapes them with her tongue. | record |
| Roman | The Aeneid of Virgil | BOOK TENTH / THE BATTLE ON THE BEACH / BOOK ELEVENTH / THE COUNCIL OF THE LATINS, AND THE LIFE AND DEATH OF CAMILLA; lines 7534-7584 | medium | No city receives Metabus; he lives on lonely pastoral hills and raises Camilla in underwood and tangled coverts. | record |
| Ainu | Aino Folk-Tales | INTRODUCTION. / AINO FOLK-LORE. / I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA. / II.--MORAL TALES.; lines 1204-1297 | medium | A rich childless couple want a child; the wife finds a crying little boy beside a tree in the mountains and brings him to the village. | record |
| Ainu | Aino Folk-Tales | AINO FOLK-LORE. / I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA. / II.--MORAL TALES. / IV.--MISCELLANEOUS TALES.; lines 1811-1905 | high | The woman learns that sunlight through the roof opening caused conception; in a dream a god says he gave her a child because he loves her, that she will become his wife after death, and that their son will have many children. | record |
| Ainu | Aino Folk-Tales | AINO FOLK-LORE. / I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA. / II.--MORAL TALES. / IV.--MISCELLANEOUS TALES.; lines 1811-1905 | medium | The woman gives birth to a little snake; her mother, weeping, asks what god begot a child in her daughter and throws the snake away because humans cannot keep it. | record |
| Ainu | Aino Folk-Tales | AINO FOLK-LORE. / I.--TALES ACCOUNTING FOR THE ORIGIN OF PHENOMENA. / II.--MORAL TALES. / IV.--MISCELLANEOUS TALES.; lines 1811-1905 | medium | A baby is then heard crying outside; the old woman brings in a fine baby boy, who is kept, grows into a man, and kills many deer and bears. | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 10397-10512 | medium | The elder sisters stay in the palace near the expected birth of an heir; when a beautiful boy is born, they put him in his cradle, carry it to the canal, leave it there, and tell the Sultan the Sultana has given birth to a puppy. | record |
| Islamicate Folklore | The Arabian Nights Entertainments | The Arabian Nights Entertainments; lines 5590-5702 | medium | The passage describes the isle of the children of Khaledan and King Schahzaman, a prosperous ruler distressed because none of his four wives has given him an heir. | record |
| Indigenous Australian | Australian Legendary Tales: folk-lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies | CONTENTS / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION / ANDREW LANG.; lines 1551-1654 | medium | The mother forgets the goolay with the child, wanders away, and the child crawls out, grows stronger, stands by a tree, walks, runs, and becomes a man without seeing her. | record |
| Buddhist | Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 | INDIAN TALES FROM TIBETAN SOURCES. / THE RELIGIONS OF INDIA. / BY A. BARTH. / FOOTNOTES:; lines 15852-15993 | medium | The Bodisat's name means 'the great medicine'; he was born with a powerful drug in his hand, an omen of his cleverness in delivering people from misfortunes. | record |
| Buddhist | Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 | INDIAN TALES FROM TIBETAN SOURCES. / THE RELIGIONS OF INDIA. / BY A. BARTH. / FOOTNOTES:; lines 16402-16553 | high | Later accounts relate that the Bodisat entered his mother’s womb as a white elephant, and the incarnation scene is sometimes represented in Buddhist sculptures. | record |
| Buddhist | Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 | TABLE OF CONTENTS. / PART I. / PART II. / SUPPLEMENTARY TABLES.; lines 202-273 | medium | The contents identify the Ceylon compiler’s introduction, the Nidāna Kathā, and list Sumedha the first Bodisat, successive Bodisats in the times of previous Buddhas, and the life of the last Bodisat who became Buddha. | record |
| Buddhist | Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 | TABLE VII. / THE BODISATS. / TABLE VIII. / THE DISTANT EPOCH.; lines 5243-5330 | high | After waking, Lady Mahā Māyā relates the dream to the rāja; he summons sixty-four eminent Brāhmans, provides seats, milk-rice with ghee and honey in gold and silver vessels, garments, and cows, then asks what will come of the dream. | record |
| Buddhist | Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 | TABLE VII. / THE BODISATS. / TABLE VIII. / THE DISTANT EPOCH.; lines 5332-5432 | high | At incarnation, four angels with swords guard the Bodisat and mother; the mother is pure, sees the child clearly, and dies seven days after birth to be reborn in the City of Delight. | record |
| Buddhist | Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 | TABLE VII. / THE BODISATS. / TABLE VIII. / THE DISTANT EPOCH.; lines 5332-5432 | high | In the Mahosadha birth, Sakka gives the newborn fine sandal-wood medicine; the child says it is medicine, and the substance is kept in a water-pot and heals the sick. | record |
| Buddhist | Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 | TABLE VII. / THE BODISATS. / TABLE VIII. / THE DISTANT EPOCH.; lines 5434-5543 | high | Kāḷa Devala descends to the king's house; the child is brought to salute him, but the future Buddha places his feet on the ascetic's matted hair, after which the ascetic and king do homage. | record |
| Buddhist | Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1 | TABLE VII. / THE BODISATS. / TABLE VIII. / THE DISTANT EPOCH.; lines 5545-5653 | high | The king takes his son to the festival site and has the child's couch placed under a dense Jambu-tree shade, with a star-inlaid golden canopy and curtain. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER I. THE FIGHT WITH THE FIRBOLGS / CHAPTER II. THE REIGN OF BRES / BOOK TWO: LUGH OF THE LONG HAND. / CHAPTER I. THE COMING OF LUGH; lines 1184-1265 | high | Ethlinn gives birth to a son; Balor orders the child thrown into a sea-current, but the child slips from the cloth, is thought drowned, is rescued by Birog, brought to Cian, and fostered by Taillte; the child is identified as Lugh. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | BOOK ONE: FINN, SON OF CUMHAL. / CHAPTER I. THE COMING OF FINN / CHAPTER II. FINN'S HOUSEHOLD / CHAPTER III. BIRTH OF BRAN.; lines 6092-6153 | medium | When her time came near, the hound was kept from hunting and “she gave birth to two whelps.” | record |
| Celtic Irish | Gods and Fighting Men | CHAPTER I. THE COMING OF FINN / CHAPTER II. FINN'S HOUSEHOLD / CHAPTER III. BIRTH OF BRAN. / CHAPTER IV. OISIN'S MOTHER.; lines 6156-6247 | medium | While Finn is away fighting, a likeness of Finn with likenesses of Bran and Sceolan appears; Sadbh, speaking of Finn as husband and father of her unborn child, goes to it. When she touches it, the figure raises a hazel rod and she becomes a fawn; its hounds drag her back, and all vanish. | record |
| Comparative | The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2) | PREFACE. / J. G. FRAZER. / CHAPTER I. THE KING OF THE WOOD. / MACAULAY.; lines 1211-1272 | high | In Bhotan, the Dhurma Raja is the spiritual head of government and a perpetual incarnation of deity; after his death the new incarnate god appears in an infant who refuses mother's milk and prefers cow's milk. | record |
| Comparative | The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 1 of 2) | MACAULAY. / CHAPTER II. THE PERILS OF THE SOUL. / HEINE. / CHAPTER III. KILLING THE GOD.; lines 6147-6234 | high | The passage reports Adonis’s birth from a myrrh-tree after a ten-month gestation; in one version a boar opens the bark with its tusk, and in another rationalizing version his mother Myrrh becomes a myrrh-tree. | record |
| Celtic Irish | Heroic Romances of Ireland | THE EXILE OF THE SONS' OF USNACH / INTRODUCTION / THE EXILE OF THE SONS OF USNACH / BOOK OF LEINSTER VERSION; lines 3933-4078 | medium | In Feidlimid's house, the men of Ulster drink while his pregnant wife attends them; as she passes through the house, the child cries from her womb and is heard through the house and outer court. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | ENDNOTES / PREPARERS NOTE / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION; lines 1010-1106 | medium | Hermes is born, makes a lyre from a tortoise shell, steals Apollo's cattle, is involved in a tribunal of Zeus, and through the lyre gains Apollo's friendship and prerogatives. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | THE PRECEPTS OF CHIRON / THE GREAT WORKS / THE IDAEAN DACTYLS / THE THEOGONY; lines 2657-2736 | medium | Ceto bears the Graiae and Gorgons to Phorcys; Medusa is mortal, lies with the Dark-haired One, and after Perseus beheads her Chrysaor and Pegasus spring forth. Pegasus serves Zeus with thunder and lightning; Heracles later kills Geryones, Orthus, and Eurytion. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | THE PRECEPTS OF CHIRON / THE GREAT WORKS / THE IDAEAN DACTYLS / THE THEOGONY; lines 2829-2912 | high | Rhea bears Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, the Earth-Shaker, and Zeus to Cronos; Cronos swallows his children because Earth and Heaven told him he would be overcome by his son. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | THE PRECEPTS OF CHIRON / THE GREAT WORKS / THE IDAEAN DACTYLS / THE THEOGONY; lines 3293-3404 | high | Zeus gives birth from his own head to Tritogeneia/Athena; Hera, angry and quarrelling with Zeus, bears Hephaestus without union with him. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | THE PRECEPTS OF CHIRON / THE GREAT WORKS / THE IDAEAN DACTYLS / THE THEOGONY; lines 3293-3404 | high | Zeus gives birth from his own head to Tritogeneia/Athena; Hera, angry and quarrelling with Zeus, bears Hephaestus without union with him. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | THE GREAT WORKS / THE IDAEAN DACTYLS / THE THEOGONY / THE CATALOGUES OF WOMEN AND EOIAE1701; lines 3421-3527 | high | The two sons of Actor and Molione are said to have Poseidon as father and are described as twins with two joined bodies. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | ENDNOTES / PREPARERS NOTE / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION; lines 531-624 | high | The Titans revolt under Cronos at Earth's instigation; Heaven and Earth are separated; Cronos reigns, swallows his children, and is later overcome by Zeus, who was saved by Rhea; the universe is divided. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | THE HOMERIC HYMNS / I. TO DIONYSUS 2501 / II. TO DEMETER / III. TO DELIAN APOLLO; lines 5741-5808 | high | Leto does not nurse Apollo; Themis gives him nectar and ambrosia, after which he cannot be held by cords or bands and declares that the lyre and curved bow are dear to him and that he will declare Zeus' will to humans. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | II. TO DEMETER / III. TO DELIAN APOLLO / TO PYTHIAN APOLLO / IV. TO HERMES; lines 6148-6247 | high | Hermes is invoked as son of Zeus and Maia, messenger of the immortals; Maia lives in a deep, shady cave where Zeus visits her secretly at night while Hera sleeps. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | II. TO DEMETER / III. TO DELIAN APOLLO / TO PYTHIAN APOLLO / IV. TO HERMES; lines 6249-6341 | high | Hermes is said to have first invented fire-sticks and fire, piling dry sticks in a trench until fierce flame spread. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | II. TO DEMETER / III. TO DELIAN APOLLO / TO PYTHIAN APOLLO / IV. TO HERMES; lines 6343-6445 | high | Hermes sees Apollo angry about the cattle, curls up in fragrant swaddling clothes like a newborn seeking sleep, though awake, and keeps his lyre under his armpit. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | II. TO DEMETER / III. TO DELIAN APOLLO / TO PYTHIAN APOLLO / IV. TO HERMES; lines 6447-6544 | high | Apollo tells Zeus that the newborn Hermes stole his cows, made marvelous tracks, drove them toward Pylos, hid in a dim cave, and denied any knowledge of them. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | XVI. TO ASCLEPIUS / XVII. TO THE DIOSCURI / XVIII. TO HERMES / XIX. TO PAN; lines 7183-7226 | high | The daughter of Dryops bore Hermes a son marvellous from birth, with goat feet and two horns; the nurse feared his uncouth face and full beard, fled, and left him. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | XXIII. TO THE SON OF CRONOS, MOST HIGH / XXIV. TO HESTIA / XXV. TO THE MUSES AND APOLLO / XXVI. TO DIONYSUS; lines 7290-7305 | medium | The hymn begins to sing of ivy-crowned Dionysus, son of Zeus and Semele; Nymphs receive him from his father, foster him in Nysa, and he grows in a sweet-smelling cave by the father's will. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | XXV. TO THE MUSES AND APOLLO / XXVI. TO DIONYSUS / XXVII. TO ARTEMIS / XXVIII. TO ATHENA; lines 7330-7346 | high | “From his awful head wise Zeus himself bare her arrayed in warlike arms of flashing gold, and awe seized all the gods as they gazed.” | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | XXXIII. TO THE DIOSCURI / HOMERS EPIGRAMS2601 / FRAGMENTS OF THE EPIC CYCLE / THE WAR OF THE TITANS; lines 7586-7621 | high | Cronos takes horse shape and lies with Philyra, daughter of Ocean; Cheiron is born a centaur, and Chariclo is named as his wife. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | ENDNOTES / PREPARERS NOTE / PREFACE / INTRODUCTION; lines 914-1008 | medium | The Delian hymn describes Leto in travail seeking a place to bear Apollo; Apollo is born in Delos and at once claims the lyre, the bow, and prophecy. | record |
| Greek | Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica | THE CERCOPES / THE BATTLE OF FROGS AND MICE / OF THE ORIGIN OF HOMER AND HESIOD, AND OF THEIR CONTEST / ENDNOTES; lines 9645-9787 | high | Dionysus, after untimely birth from Semele, is sewn into Zeus' thigh. | record |
| Greek | The Iliad | THE REDEMPTION OF THE BODY OF HECTOR. / CONCLUDING NOTE. / A. POPE / END OF THE ILIAD; lines 24313-24477 | medium | Heavenly-bred coursers breathe ethereal fire; Circe stole them from her celestial sire and substituted earthly mares, whose wombs conceived a more-than-mortal birth. | record |
| Japanese | Japanese Fairy Tales | MY LORD BAG OF RICE / THE TONGUE-CUT SPARROW / THE STORY OF URASHIMA TARO, THE FISHER LAD / THE FARMER AND THE BADGER; lines 1413-1523 | medium | Kotei is introduced as a mythological Chinese emperor, son of Yuhi; before his birth his mother has a vision of his future greatness and sees lightning flash from the North Star. | record |
| Japanese | Japanese Fairy Tales | THE TONGUE-CUT SPARROW / THE STORY OF URASHIMA TARO, THE FISHER LAD / THE FARMER AND THE BADGER / THE ADVENTURES OF KINTARO, THE GOLDEN BOY; lines 1577-1695 | high | Kintoki marries, falls into disgrace, dies, and his widow flees to the Ashigara Mountains, where she gives birth to Kintaro, the Golden Boy. | record |
| Japanese | Japanese Fairy Tales | THE TONGUE-CUT SPARROW / THE STORY OF URASHIMA TARO, THE FISHER LAD / THE FARMER AND THE BADGER / THE ADVENTURES OF KINTARO, THE GOLDEN BOY; lines 1697-1832 | medium | At a river with no bridge, Kintaro uproots a large tree at the water's edge, makes it fall across the stream, crosses first, and the four animals follow while praising his strength. | record |
| Japanese | Japanese Fairy Tales | THE TONGUE-CUT SPARROW / THE STORY OF URASHIMA TARO, THE FISHER LAD / THE FARMER AND THE BADGER / THE ADVENTURES OF KINTARO, THE GOLDEN BOY; lines 1834-1943 | high | The disguised woodcutter praises Kintaro’s strength, says he saw him pull up a large tree to bridge a torrent, and predicts he will become the strongest man in Japan. | record |
| Japanese | Japanese Fairy Tales | THE TONGUE-CUT SPARROW / THE STORY OF URASHIMA TARO, THE FISHER LAD / THE FARMER AND THE BADGER / THE ADVENTURES OF KINTARO, THE GOLDEN BOY; lines 1946-2051 | medium | The couple decide to make a pilgrimage to Hase-no-Kwannon, believing Kwannon answers mortal prayers in the form most needed; their greatest need is a child. | record |
| Japanese | Japanese Fairy Tales | THE FARMER AND THE BADGER / THE ADVENTURES OF KINTARO, THE GOLDEN BOY / THE STORY OF THE MAN WHO DID NOT WISH TO DIE / THE BAMBOO-CUTTER AND THE MOON-CHILD; lines 2528-2630 | high | While cutting bamboo, the old man sees the grove flooded with soft bright light like moonlight; the light comes from one bamboo, inside which stands a beautiful tiny human being three inches high. | record |
| Japanese | Japanese Fairy Tales | THE FARMER AND THE BADGER / THE ADVENTURES OF KINTARO, THE GOLDEN BOY / THE STORY OF THE MAN WHO DID NOT WISH TO DIE / THE BAMBOO-CUTTER AND THE MOON-CHILD; lines 2632-2740 | high | The bamboo-cutter recalls finding her years earlier as a three-inch-high creature hidden in bamboo, with a great white light streaming from it, and says he thought her more than mortal. | record |
| Japanese | Japanese Fairy Tales | THE FARMER AND THE BADGER / THE ADVENTURES OF KINTARO, THE GOLDEN BOY / THE STORY OF THE MAN WHO DID NOT WISH TO DIE / THE BAMBOO-CUTTER AND THE MOON-CHILD; lines 2952-3060 | medium | Princess Moonlight says she came from the moon, will be fetched on the fifteenth day of August, has parents there, and has forgotten them and the moon-world during her earthly life. | record |
| Japanese | Japanese Fairy Tales | THE QUARREL OF THE MONKEY AND THE CRAB / THE WHITE HARE AND THE CROCODILES / THE STORY OF PRINCE YAMATO TAKE / MOMOTARO, OR THE STORY OF THE SON OF A PEACH; lines 6236-6369 | high | The old man places the peach on a board to cut it; the peach splits in two by itself, a voice tells him to wait, and a beautiful little child steps out. | record |
| Japanese | Japanese Fairy Tales | THE QUARREL OF THE MONKEY AND THE CRAB / THE WHITE HARE AND THE CROCODILES / THE STORY OF PRINCE YAMATO TAKE / MOMOTARO, OR THE STORY OF THE SON OF A PEACH; lines 6371-6508 | medium | The old man is surprised by the fifteen-year-old boy, but thinks Momotaro is strong, fearless, no common child, and sent as a gift from Heaven. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | PREFACE / JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM; lines 1319-1499 | medium | The passage says islands, ocean rocks, sky pillars, fields, forests, colored stones, and established rocks were created, but Wainamoinen had not yet seen sun or moon and remained undelivered. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 17416-17614 | high | A boy is born in magic of the virgin Untamala; the mother names him Kullervo, and Untamo calls him Pearl of Combat; he is called fatherless and a magic infant. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 17416-17614 | high | At three months, the boy says he will avenge Kalervo and his people; Untamoinen says a new Kalervo grows in him and threatens destruction to Untamo's tribe. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 17416-17614 | medium | Untamoinen's people counsel how to kill the magic infant; they fasten him in a basket and lower him among reeds and rushes into deep waters. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 17416-17614 | medium | Untamoinen orders a pyre made from brushwood, birch, pine, bark, and oak; the boy is set on the summit and the pile burns for three days. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 17616-17811 | medium | Untamo's heralds inspect the pyre and find young Kullervo sitting on embers, raking coals with a copper rod; his hair and ringlets are not burned. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 17813-17992 | medium | Untamoinen inspects Kullervo's threshing, finds the grain and straw ruined, angrily calls Kullervo a failed worker whose work is spoiled by witchcraft, and says he will sell him to Ilmarinen. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 22462-22653 | high | Lowyatar is described as the blind daughter of Tuoni, a Death-land woman and source of evils and plagues; she lies by the wayside turned toward stormy eastern winds. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 24721-24921 | high | “I shall bear a noble hero, / I shall bear a son immortal, / Who will rule among the mighty, / Rule the ancient Wainamoinen.” | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 24923-25115 | high | Piltti asks assistance for Mariatta; the wife of old Ruotus refuses lodging, saying chambers and bath-rooms are occupied and naming the mount of fire, forest stable, and manger of the flaming horse of Hisi as the fitting birth-place. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 24923-25115 | high | Mariatta asks the guiding star of Northland where her holy child is hidden; the star refuses to tell and says the child created it and set it to shine in darkness. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 24923-25115 | medium | Mariatta asks the silver Sun where her holy child is hidden; the Sun says the child created it, made the Moon and Stars attend it, and reveals the child is hidden to the belt in water among reeds and rushes. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD. / THE KALEVALA. / PROEM / BOOK II; lines 25117-25220 | high | The two-week-old child answers Wainamoinen, calls his judgment false, and recalls that Wainamoinen was not punished for earlier wrongs involving a brother and Aino's death in the sea. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | BOOK II / EPILOGUE / THE END / GLOSSARY; lines 25330-25477 | medium | Ainue-lake is the lake into which the Fire-child falls; Fire-Child is a synonym of Panu; Panu is born from Ukko's sword. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | DR. J.D. BUCK, / AN ENCOURAGING AND UNSELFISH FRIEND, AND TO HIS AFFECTIONATE FAMILY, / THESE PAGES ARE GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED. / PREFACE; lines 338-431 | medium | The Sun tells Virgin Mariatta where her golden infant is hidden: “Hidden to his belt in water, / Hidden in the reeds and rushes.” | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | DR. J.D. BUCK, / AN ENCOURAGING AND UNSELFISH FRIEND, AND TO HIS AFFECTIONATE FAMILY, / THESE PAGES ARE GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED. / PREFACE; lines 433-517 | low | Wirokannas, a green-robed Priest of the Forest associated with cereals, leaves his usual sphere to baptize the infant son of Virgin Mariatta and later fails when attempting to slay the Finnish Taurus. | record |
| Finnish/Karelian | Kalevala: The Epic Poem of Finland | DR. J.D. BUCK, / AN ENCOURAGING AND UNSELFISH FRIEND, AND TO HIS AFFECTIONATE FAMILY, / THESE PAGES ARE GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED. / PREFACE; lines 680-769 | medium | Finnish giants are described as cunning and ferocious; Soini/Kullervo tears swaddling clothes at three days old, kills a nursed child, burns a cradle, builds an earth-to-heaven fence of pine trees and serpents, and changes cattle into wolves and bears to destroy his mistress. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 12770-12897 | medium | Abraham's wife laughs; Isaac and then Jacob are announced to her; she wonders how she can bear a son when she and Abraham are old. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 14115-14251 | high | Pharaoh exalts himself, divides his people, brings one portion low, kills their male children, and lets females live. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 21126-21241 | medium | God accepts Mary and makes her grow; Zacharias rears her and repeatedly finds her supplied with food in the sanctuary, which Mary says is from God. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 21126-21241 | high | Zacharias prays for good descendants, and angels announce John to him as a verifier of the word from God, great, chaste, a prophet, and one of the just; Zacharias asks how he can have a son in old age with a barren wife. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 21126-21241 | high | An angel announces to Mary the Word from God, named Messiah Jesus son of Mary, illustrious in this world and the next, near to God, and able to speak to people in the cradle and when grown. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 21851-21964 | high | According to a tradition cited in the note, every newborn is touched by Satan except Mary and her Son, between whom and Satan God placed a veil. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 21851-21964 | medium | The note cites apocryphal traditions saying Mary was visited daily by angels and received food from an angel’s hand. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 26547-26653 | high | The note cites the Gospel of the Infancy for Jesus speaking while lying in a cradle and says the Arabic Gospel of the Infancy uses the same expression and relates the story of the Birds. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 26547-26653 | medium | The note cites the Gospel of the Infancy for Jesus speaking while lying in a cradle and says the Arabic Gospel of the Infancy uses the same expression and relates the story of the Birds. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 3678-3891 | high | Abraham fears the guests; they tell him not to fear and announce a wise son. His wife cries out, strikes her face, and says she is old and barren; the guests say this is what the Lord says. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 7050-7238 | medium | Abraham’s guests greet him with peace, announce a sage son despite his old age, and say they are sent to sinful people while rescuing Lot’s family except his wife, who will linger. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 7240-7394 | high | Zachariah prays secretly, says his bones are weak, his hair is hoary, his wife is barren, and asks for a successor and heir pleasing to the Lord. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 7240-7394 | high | John is told to receive the Book; he is given wisdom as a child, mercy, purity, piety, dutifulness to parents, and peace on the day of birth, death, and being raised to life. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 7240-7394 | high | Mary withdraws eastward, takes a veil, and encounters the sent spirit in the form of a perfect man; the messenger announces a holy son, and Mary says no man has touched her and she is not unchaste. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 7240-7394 | high | Mary withdraws eastward, takes a veil, and encounters the sent spirit in the form of a perfect man; the messenger announces a holy son, and Mary says no man has touched her and she is not unchaste. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 7240-7394 | high | Mary returns to her people bearing the babe; they accuse her, she points to the child, and the infant speaks from the cradle as God's servant and prophet, mentioning the Book, prayer, almsgiving, filial duty, and peace at birth, death, and resurrection. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 9358-9506 | high | Zacharias asks not to be left childless; God hears him, gives him John, and makes his wife fit for child-bearing. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | PUBLIC SERVICES, / AND EMINENT LITERARY ATTAINMENTS, / THE TRANSLATOR. / PREFACE; lines 9358-9506 | high | The woman who kept her maidenhood receives God’s spirit, and she and her son are made a sign to all creatures. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | CHAPTER II. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER III. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 10903-10986 | medium | Sale's note identifies Imran's wife as Hannah or Ann, says she was aged and barren, desired a child after seeing a bird feed its young, prayed for a child, and promised to consecrate it to temple service; the child proved to be a daughter. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | CHAPTER II. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER III. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 10903-10986 | medium | Sale's note says a tradition holds that every person is touched by the devil at birth except Mary and her son, because God placed a veil between them and the evil spirit; this is linked to their freedom from sin and Hannah's recommendation of them to God's protection. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | CHAPTER II. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER III. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 10989-11080 | high | Zacharias prays for a good offspring; angels announce John as witness to the Word from God and a righteous prophet; Zacharias notes his old age and his wife’s barrenness. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | CHAPTER II. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER III. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 10989-11080 | high | Mary asks how she can have a son since no man has touched her; the angel says God creates what he pleases and decrees a thing by saying, Be, and it is. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | CHAPTER II. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER III. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 10989-11080 | high | Angels announce that Mary will bear the Word proceeding from God, named Christ Jesus son of Mary, honorable in this world and the next; he will speak in the cradle and when grown. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | CHAPTER II. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER III. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 11082-11146 | high | A cited Muslim writer tells stories of Jesus speaking in Mary's womb or soon after birth to Joseph, saying God brought him from the darkness of the womb to the light of the world and that he would call Israel to obedience. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | CHAPTER IV. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD / CHAPTER V. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 14467-14563 | high | God addresses Jesus son of Mary, recalls favor toward him and his mother, says he strengthened Jesus with the holy spirit, and says Jesus spoke to men in the cradle and when grown. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | CHAPTER X. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 19819-19916 | high | Messengers come to Abraham with peace and good tidings; he brings a roasted calf; they do not touch the meat, causing fear, and say they are sent to Lot's people. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | CHAPTER X. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 19819-19916 | high | Sarah laughs and is promised Isaac and then Jacob; she questions bearing a son in old age; the angels invoke God's command and bless the family of the house. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | CHAPTER XIV. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XV. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 21590-21683 | high | Abraham's guests enter and say peace; Abraham says he fears them; they tell him not to fear and promise a wise son, which Abraham questions because of old age. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | CHAPTER XIV. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XV. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 21590-21683 | high | Abraham's guests enter and say peace; Abraham says he fears them; they tell him not to fear and promise a wise son, which Abraham questions because of old age. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | CHAPTER XVIII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XIX. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 23869-23958 | high | Zacharias secretly invokes his Lord, describes his weakness, old age, and barren wife, fears his successors, and asks for a bodily heir acceptable to God. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | CHAPTER XVIII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XIX. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 23869-23958 | high | Mary withdraws from her family to an eastern place, takes a veil, and Gabriel is sent to her, appearing as a perfect man; she seeks refuge in the merciful God. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | CHAPTER XVIII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XIX. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 23960-24044 | high | Mary brings the child to her people; they accuse her, she points to the child, and they ask how they can speak to an infant in the cradle. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | CHAPTER XVIII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XIX. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 24046-24144 | medium | A note says Jesus' first words were placed in his mouth to prevent the idea that his early speech implied divine nature or a right to worship. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | CHAPTER XIX. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XX. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 24397-24462 | medium | God recalls revealing to Moses' mother to put him into the ark and cast him into the river; the river would throw him on shore, an enemy would take and raise him, and God bestowed love on him so he might be bred up under God's eye. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | CHAPTER XIX. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XX. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 24464-24562 | high | Commentary: Moses' mother makes a papyrus ark, places the child inside, commits it to the river; it reaches Pharaoh's garden and fishpond, and Pharaoh orders the child brought up. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | CHAPTER XIX. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XX. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 24464-24562 | medium | Some writers say Moses was hidden in an oven, a large fire was kindled there, and he was taken out unhurt. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | CHAPTER XIX. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XX. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 24464-24562 | medium | Commentary explains that love for Moses was inspired into the hearts of those who saw him, particularly Pharaoh. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | CHAPTER XX. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 25309-25406 | high | Zacharias asks the Lord not to leave him childless; God gives him John and makes his wife able to bear a child. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | CHAPTER XX. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXI. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 25309-25406 | high | The woman who preserved her virginity has God's spirit breathed into her, and she and her son are ordained as a sign; the note identifies her as the Virgin Mary. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | CHAPTER XXVII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXVIII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 28042-28140 | high | Pharaoh lifts himself up in Egypt, divides his subjects, weakens one party, slays their male children, preserves females alive, and is called an oppressor. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | CHAPTER XXVII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXVIII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 28042-28140 | high | Moses' mother is told by revelation to suckle him; if she fears for him, she is to cast him into the river and not fear or grieve, because he will be restored to her and made an apostle. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | ENTITLED, Y. S.; REVEALED AT MECCA. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XXXVII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 31094-31213 | medium | Abraham says he is going to his Lord, asks for righteous issue, and is told that he will have a son who will be a meek youth. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | CHAPTER XLII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER XLIII. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 33035-33129 | medium | Notes identify Jesus's miraculous birth without a father and describe the Muslim expectation that Jesus descends before the resurrection with a lance to kill Antichrist. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / CHAPTER LI. / ENTITLED, THE DISPERSING; REVEALED AT MECCA. / IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD.; lines 34340-34446 | high | Abraham's honoured guests enter, exchange peace, are treated as unknown people, are offered a fatted calf, do not eat, reassure Abraham, and announce the promise of a wise youth. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / FINIS / AN INDEX / OF THE; lines 39927-39986 | high | Jesus is promised to Mary, miraculously born, compared to Adam, speaks in infancy, performs miracles, is rejected, escapes the plotted death or crucifixion, is not God but an apostle and Word of God, and will descend before resurrection. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | IN THE NAME OF THE MOST MERCIFUL GOD. / FINIS / AN INDEX / OF THE; lines 40377-40474 | high | Zacharias prays for a son, is promised John, and educates the Virgin Mary. | record |
| Celtic Welsh | The Mabinogion | C. E. G. / THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN / PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN; lines 3930-4021 | high | Kilydd chooses Goleuddydd as wife; after their union the people pray for an heir, and they have a son through the prayers of the people. | record |
| Celtic Welsh | The Mabinogion | C. E. G. / THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN / PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN; lines 3930-4021 | high | Goleuddydd becomes wild during pregnancy, regains reason near delivery, goes to a mountain with a swineherd and swine, gives birth from fear of the swine, and the boy is named Kilhwch because found in a swine's burrow; he is of gentle lineage and cousin to Arthur. | record |
| Celtic Welsh | The Mabinogion | PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN / THE DREAM OF RHONABWY / PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED; lines 6307-6392 | medium | Teirnyon hears tumult and wailing, pursues it in the dark, returns to the open door, and finds a strong infant boy in swaddling-clothes wrapped in satin. | record |
| Celtic Welsh | The Mabinogion | PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN / THE DREAM OF RHONABWY / PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED; lines 6394-6481 | high | Teirnyon brings a boy to his wife, reports the boy's satin mantle, and they arrange his baptism and the name Gwri Wallt Euryn because his hair is yellow as gold. | record |
| Celtic Welsh | The Mabinogion | PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN / THE DREAM OF RHONABWY / PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED; lines 6666-6754 | high | Matholwch describes hunting in Ireland, coming to the mound by the Lake of the Cauldron, and seeing a huge yellow-haired man carrying a cauldron from the lake, followed by a larger woman; the man says she will soon bear a fully armed warrior son. | record |
| Celtic Welsh | The Mabinogion | PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN / THE DREAM OF RHONABWY / PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED; lines 7677-7768 | high | After a year, two deer return with a fawn; Math takes the fawn to be baptized and names him Hydwn, then changes the pair into wild swine for the next year. | record |
| Celtic Welsh | The Mabinogion | PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN / THE DREAM OF RHONABWY / PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED; lines 7677-7768 | medium | Arianrod is brought in; Math bends his wand and has her step over it; a yellow-haired boy appears, and Gwydion hides a second small form in a scarf and chest. | record |
| Celtic Welsh | The Mabinogion | PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN / THE DREAM OF RHONABWY / PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED; lines 7677-7768 | high | Math names the yellow-haired boy Dylan; after baptism Dylan plunges into the sea, takes its nature, swims like a fish, is called son of the Wave, and is said to die by a blow from Govannon. | record |
| Celtic Welsh | The Mabinogion | PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC / GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN / THE DREAM OF RHONABWY / PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED; lines 7677-7768 | high | Arianrod is brought in; Math bends his wand and has her step over it; a yellow-haired boy appears, and Gwydion hides a second small form in a scarf and chest. | record |
| Celtic Welsh | The Mabinogion | PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED / THE DREAM OF MAXEN WLEDIG / HERE IS THE STORY OF LLUDD AND LLEVELYS / TALIESIN; lines 8612-8701 | high | Caridwen finds and swallows Gwion Bach as a grain, bears him nine months, spares him because of his beauty, wraps him in a leather bag, and casts him into the sea. | record |
| Celtic Welsh | The Mabinogion | PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED / THE DREAM OF MAXEN WLEDIG / HERE IS THE STORY OF LLUDD AND LLEVELYS / TALIESIN; lines 8612-8701 | high | "Behold a radiant brow!" ... "Taliesin be he called," said Elphin. | record |
| Celtic Welsh | The Mabinogion | PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED / THE DREAM OF MAXEN WLEDIG / HERE IS THE STORY OF LLUDD AND LLEVELYS / TALIESIN; lines 8703-8821 | high | Taliesin tells Elphin not to lament, says God will not violate his promise, declares 'Although I am but little, I am highly gifted,' promises to be more useful than three hundred salmon, and says there is virtue in his tongue and protection in the names of the Trinity. | record |
| Celtic Welsh | The Mabinogion | PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED / THE DREAM OF MAXEN WLEDIG / HERE IS THE STORY OF LLUDD AND LLEVELYS / TALIESIN; lines 8917-9040 | high | Heinin says they are dumb not from drink but through "the influence of a spirit" in the corner "in the form of a child." | record |
| Celtic Welsh | The Mabinogion | PWYLL PRINCE OF DYVED / THE DREAM OF MAXEN WLEDIG / HERE IS THE STORY OF LLUDD AND LLEVELYS / TALIESIN; lines 9042-9221 | high | The king and nobles marvel at Taliesin's song; Maelgwn orders Heinin to answer him, but Heinin and the twenty-four bards can only make meaningless lip-sounds. | record |
| Hindu | Maha-bharata | BOOK IV / DYUTA / BOOK V / PATIVRATA-MAHATMYA; lines 2283-2426 | high | The Prayer-Maiden blesses Aswapati's rites, sacrifices, penance, and conduct, and invites him to ask a boon from the Ancient Sire. | record |
| Hindu | Maha-bharata | BOOK VII / UDYOGA / BOOK VIII / BHISHMA-BADHA; lines 4649-4677 | medium | Bhishma says Pritha cast Karna away in sorrow and shame, and that a driver, not his father, nursed him. | record |
| Sufi | The Mesnevi | CHAPTER IV. / CHAPTER V. / CHAPTER VI. / CHAPTER VII.; lines 4819-4951 | high | The passage records Sultan Veled's death, the birth of Chelebi Emir 'Arif, and the infant's threefold pronunciation of God's great name, followed by Jelalu-'d-Din's prophecy of his future sainthood and succession. | record |
| Sufi | The Mesnevi | THE ACTS OF THE ADEPTS / CHAPTER I. / CHAPTER II. / CHAPTER III.; lines 990-1126 | high | The text says that at age five Jelālu-’d-Dīn became uneasy because spiritual forms from the invisible world appeared to him, including angelic messengers, righteous genii, and saintly men; it compares such appearances to visions associated with Muhammad, Mary, Abraham, Lot, and other prophets. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 10504-10595 | high | Orithyïa becomes wife of Boreas and mother of twins; Calaïs and Zethes later grow wings on their sides and join the Minyæ on the first ship to seek the Golden Fleece. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | LITERALLY TRANSLATED WITH NOTES AND EXPLANATIONS / INTRODUCTION. / BOOK I. / BOOK II.; lines 250-281 | medium | Æsculapius is cut from Coronis's womb and carried to Chiron's cave; Ocyrrhoë, Chiron's daughter, is changed into a mare while prophesying; Chiron invokes Apollo in vain because Apollo is tending oxen in Elis as a shepherd. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | INTRODUCTION. / BOOK I. / BOOK II. / BOOK III.; lines 284-310 | medium | Juno hates Semele and Agenor’s house, assumes Beroe’s form, contrives Semele’s destruction by Jupiter’s lightning, and Bacchus is saved alive from his mother’s womb and raised on earth. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | BOOK THE SECOND. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 3609-3674 | high | Pallas encloses Ericthonius, born without a mother, in a basket of Actaean twigs, gives it to the three virgins descended from Cecrops, and forbids them to inquire into her secrets. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 3677-3764 | high | When the funeral pile is prepared, Apollo performs obsequies, does not allow his offspring to sink into the ashes, snatches the child from the flames and from the mother's womb, and carries him to the cave of two-formed Chiron. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE THIRD. / EXPLANATION.; lines 4421-4519 | medium | Pallas descends through the air, favors Cadmus, and orders him to sow the dragon’s teeth in turned earth as seeds of a future people. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 5030-5135 | high | The unborn Bacchus is taken from Semele's womb, inserted into Jupiter's thigh to complete gestation, privately nursed by Ino, and later concealed by Nyseian Nymphs in caves and fed milk. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 5030-5135 | high | The unborn Bacchus is taken from Semele's womb, inserted into Jupiter's thigh to complete gestation, privately nursed by Ino, and later concealed by Nyseian Nymphs in caves and fed milk. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 6544-6633 | high | Hermaphroditus is born to Mercury and the Cytherean goddess, nursed by Naiads in Ida’s caves, and leaves Ida at fifteen to wander among unknown places and rivers. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 7298-7393 | high | Danaë is confined after Acrisius hears a prophecy about her child; Jupiter is said to seduce her as a shower of gold, while a rationalizing account says Prœtus bribed guards with gold; Danaë bears Perseus, and mother and child are exposed in a boat, reach Seriphus, and are received by Polydectes. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 7577-7629 | medium | Pegasus and Chrysaor are two winged horses said to have sprung from Medusa's blood when she was slain by Perseus. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE SIXTH.; lines 9306-9426 | medium | Antiope, daughter of Nycteus, was seduced by Jupiter as a Satyr and bore Zethus and Amphion. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE FIFTEENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 12858-12942 | medium | The fable summary states: Egeria changes into a fountain; Hippolytus dies after his horses fear a sea-monster and becomes Virbius; Tages rises from earth; Romulus's lance becomes a cornel-tree; Cippus becomes horned and chooses exile. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE NINTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 2575-2662 | high | Juno, seeking revenge on Alcmena for her affair with Jupiter, asks Ilithyia not to help with Hercules’ birth; Lucina sits on an altar at Alcmena’s gate and magically increases pain and impedes delivery. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE NINTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 2664-2745 | high | Alcmena addresses the hour of birth, invokes Ilithyïa, and says Hercules was in her womb, destined for many toils, with Jupiter identifiable as father. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | BOOK THE NINTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 3008-3100 | high | “Hercules exhibits his strength and courage in infancy; he strangles the snakes, which fills his brother with terror.” | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | BOOK THE NINTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 3102-3186 | medium | As Iole tells the story and Alcmena weeps, Iolaüs appears almost a boy again, restored to early manhood; Hebe granted this favor at her husband’s solicitations. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 3655-3750 | medium | The fable summary says Ligdus orders Telethusa to destroy a female infant; Isis appears in a dream, forbids obedience, promises protection; Telethusa bears a daughter, Iphis, who passes as a son and later marries Ianthe; Isis transforms Iphis into a man. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE TENTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 4263-4355 | high | Other authors quoted by Arnobius say Nana conceived Attis by touching a pomegranate or almond tree that had grown from the blood of Agdistis after Bacchus killed Agdistis. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 5035-5125 | medium | The infant conceived in guilt grows beneath the wood and seeks a passage from his transformed mother; her womb swells in the middle of the tree. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 5537-5632 | medium | Apollodorus says Atalanta's father exposed her at birth; a she-bear nourished her until hunters found her; she grew up hunting and killed two violent Centaurs with arrows. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | BOOK XV. / BOOK THE EIGHTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 728-812 | medium | The passage says the Athenians made Minos odious by spreading the story that the youths would fight the Minotaur in the Labyrinth; the Minotaur is linked to Pasiphaë and a white bull sent by Neptune, with Daedalus and Venus also named in the explanation. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE TWELFTH. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 8159-8258 | medium | The Centaurs are explained as sons of Ixion with a cloud for their mother; the cloud is connected either with Jupiter's substitution for Juno, a city called Nephele, or an etymology from Nephelim. | record |
| Roman | The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books VIII-XV | EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / BOOK THE THIRTEENTH. / EXPLANATION.; lines 9133-9233 | medium | Writers disagree about Ajax's mother; Hercules prays to Jupiter for Telamon's son to have skin like the Nemean lion's, sees an eagle, and later covers Ajax with the lion skin, making him invulnerable except at one spot. | record |
| Sufi | Mystics and Saints of Islam | APPENDIX II / APPENDIX III / APPENDIX IV / CHRIST IN MODAMMEDAN TRADITION.; lines 5703-5827 | medium | Satan touches every child at birth, "except Mary and her son." | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | RHEA (OPS). / DIVISION OF THE WORLD. / THEORIES AS TO THE ORIGIN OF MAN. / THIRD DYNASTY--OLYMPIAN DIVINITIES.; lines 1081-1171 | high | Zeus appears to Antiope in the form of a satyr; Antiope is identified as daughter of Nicteus, king of Thebes. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | JUPITER. / HERA (JUNO). / JUNO. / PALLAS-ATHENE (MINERVA).; lines 1430-1518 | high | Athene is introduced as goddess of Wisdom and Armed Resistance; she issues from Zeus's head fully armed, and Olympus, earth, sea, and Helios respond to her advent. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | VENUS. / HELIOS (SOL). / EOS (AURORA). / PHOEBUS-APOLLO.; lines 2200-2277 | high | Leto is driven from Delos by Hera’s persecution and leaves Apollo with Themis, who wraps and feeds him nectar and ambrosia; Apollo then breaks his bonds and appears full-grown. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | MARS. / NIKE (VICTORIA). / VICTORIA. / HERMES (MERCURY).; lines 3746-3817 | medium | Hermes is son of Zeus and Maia, born in a cave of Mount Cyllene in Arcadia; as a babe he leaves the cave to steal oxen belonging to Apollo, who is feeding Admetus’s flocks. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | VICTORIA. / HERMES (MERCURY). / MERCURY. / DIONYSUS (BACCHUS).; lines 3954-4041 | medium | Dionysus is son of Zeus and Semele; Zeus snatches him from the flames that kill Semele; Hermes carries him to Ino; Hera's vengeance makes him unsafe; nymphs of Mount Nysa and Silenus care for him. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | ORIGIN OF THE WORLD.--FIRST DYNASTY. / URANUS AND GAEA. (COELUS AND TERRA.) / SECOND DYNASTY. / CRONUS (SATURN).; lines 549-631 | high | Cronus fears his children may rise against his authority and swallows each child as soon as it is born. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | ORIGIN OF THE WORLD.--FIRST DYNASTY. / URANUS AND GAEA. (COELUS AND TERRA.) / SECOND DYNASTY. / CRONUS (SATURN).; lines 549-631 | high | Zeus is secretly sent to Crete, where Amalthea gives him milk, the Melissae feed him honey, and eagles and doves bring nectar and ambrosia. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | ORIGIN OF THE WORLD.--FIRST DYNASTY. / URANUS AND GAEA. (COELUS AND TERRA.) / SECOND DYNASTY. / CRONUS (SATURN).; lines 549-631 | high | Zeus is concealed in a cave in Mount Ida, and the Curetes beat shields at the entrance to hide his cries and repel intruders. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | VESTALIA. / PART II.--LEGENDS. / CADMUS. / PERSEUS.; lines 6633-6734 | high | Acrisius hears the child, discovers Danae's union with Zeus, orders mother and child placed in a chest and thrown into the sea; Zeus has Poseidon calm the water and the chest reaches Seriphus, where Dictys rescues them. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | VESTALIA. / PART II.--LEGENDS. / CADMUS. / PERSEUS.; lines 6736-6832 | high | Ion is introduced as the son of Creusa, daughter of Erechtheus, and the sun-god Phoebus-Apollo, with the union unknown to Creusa's father. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | THE ARGONAUTS. / STORY OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE. / PELOPS. / HERACLES (HERCULES).; lines 7587-7685 | high | Alcmene fears Hera's hatred and has a servant expose the newborn Heracles in a field, trusting that Zeus's divine offspring will receive protection. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | OEDIPUS. / THE SEVEN AGAINST THEBES. / THE EPIGONI. / ALCMAEON AND THE NECKLACE.; lines 9018-9107 | high | Calirrhoe asks Zeus that her infant sons immediately become men and avenge Alcmaeon; Zeus grants the prayer, and the children become bearded, strong, courageous men seeking revenge. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | THE EPIGONI. / ALCMAEON AND THE NECKLACE. / THE HERACLIDAE. / THE SIEGE OF TROY.; lines 9224-9321 | medium | Hecuba dreams she gives birth to a flaming brand; Aesacus interprets this as foretelling a son who will destroy Troy; Paris is exposed on Mount Ida but found and reared by shepherds. | record |
| Greek/Roman | Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | RHEA (OPS). / DIVISION OF THE WORLD. / THEORIES AS TO THE ORIGIN OF MAN. / THIRD DYNASTY--OLYMPIAN DIVINITIES.; lines 986-1079 | high | Zeus has violent head pains; Hephaestus opens his head with an axe; Athene emerges with a martial shout, fully armoured, as goddess of Armed Resistance and Wisdom. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA / CHAPTER XXVII: THE STORY OF FRITHIOF / CHAPTER XXVIII: THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS / CHAPTER XXIX: GREEK AND NORTHERN MYTHOLOGIES; lines 12651-12759 | high | Thor is described as the Northern thunder-god bearing Miölnir, compared with Jupiter, Mercury, and Hercules through thunderbolt symbolism, rapid infant growth, strength, serpent-strangling, monster fighting, and assuming women’s apparel to recover his buried hammer. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | INTRODUCTION / CHAPTER I: THE BEGINNING / CHAPTER II: ODIN / CHAPTER III: FRIGGA; lines 1992-2120 | high | While passing over Hunaland, Gna sees King Rerir, a descendant of Odin, sitting mournfully by the shore and lamenting his childlessness. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER I: THE BEGINNING / CHAPTER II: ODIN / CHAPTER III: FRIGGA / CHAPTER IV: THOR; lines 2461-2608 | medium | Thor's variant parentage is given; he shows great size and strength soon after birth; after dangerous rages he is sent to Vingnir and Hlora, who raise and control him. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER I: THE BEGINNING / CHAPTER II: ODIN / CHAPTER III: FRIGGA / CHAPTER IV: THOR; lines 3050-3168 | high | Magni, Thor's very young son, lifts the giant's foot from Thor; the gods read this as proof that descendants will surpass and survive them. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER X: FREYA / CHAPTER XI: ULLER / CHAPTER XII: FORSETI / CHAPTER XIII: HEIMDALL; lines 5479-5625 | high | Odin sees nine beautiful giantesses, the wave maidens, asleep on the shore, weds all nine, and they jointly bring forth a son named Heimdall. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XI: ULLER / CHAPTER XII: FORSETI / CHAPTER XIII: HEIMDALL / CHAPTER XIV: HERMOD; lines 5761-5893 | high | Hermod sees a great stream of blood, a beautiful woman, and a little boy who grows rapidly to full size while brandishing bow and arrows. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XIII: HEIMDALL / CHAPTER XIV: HERMOD / CHAPTER XV: VIDAR / CHAPTER XVI: VALI; lines 6022-6149 | high | Rinda bears Vali, who grows to full stature in one day and immediately goes to Asgard with bow and arrow to avenge Balder’s death on Hodur, the blind god of darkness. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XVIII: THE VALKYRS / CHAPTER XIX: HEL / L. E. R. / CHAPTER XXI: BALDER; lines 7824-7975 | high | Odin's union with Rinda produces Vali, destined to avenge Balder; on the day of his birth Vali enters Asgard and kills Hodur with an arrow, so Hodur atones with his blood. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XIX: HEL / L. E. R. / CHAPTER XXI: BALDER / CHAPTER XXII: LOKI; lines 8288-8420 | medium | Loki waits until nightfall, takes the form of a mare, and lures Svadilfare away into the forest until the building work cannot be completed. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XXIII: THE GIANTS / CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS / CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA; lines 9196-9315 | high | Frigga grants Rerir's prayer for an heir by sending Gna, or Liod, with a miraculous apple, which the messenger drops into Rerir's lap on a hillside. | record |
| Norse | Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas | CHAPTER XXIII: THE GIANTS / CHAPTER XXIV: THE DWARFS / CHAPTER XXV: THE ELVES / CHAPTER XXVI: THE SIGURD SAGA; lines 9547-9642 | medium | The Norns visit Helgi in his cradle and promise him future greatness and sumptuous entertainment in Valhalla after his earthly career. | record |
| Sufi | The Persian Mystics: Jámí | CONTENTS / INTRODUCTION / EDITORIAL NOTE / INTRODUCTION; lines 259-357 | high | The allegory of Salámán and Absál begins with the Shah of Yunan, a king counselled by a sage who keeps the Tower of Wisdom; the king laments his childless marriage and desires a son. | record |
| Sufi | The Persian Mystics: Jámí | CONTENTS / INTRODUCTION / EDITORIAL NOTE / INTRODUCTION; lines 471-576 | high | Zulaikha's passion turns to hate and lying; Yúsuf is imprisoned on false pretences and freed by a babe's marvellous utterance; Potiphar and Zulaikha later spread a scandalous story that sends him to prison again. | record |
| Sufi | The Persian Mystics: Jámí | CONTENTS / INTRODUCTION / EDITORIAL NOTE / INTRODUCTION; lines 689-785 | medium | Footnotes cite comparisons: speaking babe Jesus in a cave, Rakush and Kyrat as steeds, and Rama after Lanka. | record |
| Sufi | The Persian Mystics: Jalálu'd-dín Rúmí | EDITORIAL NOTE / INTRODUCTION / V. ANALYSIS OF THE RELIGION OF LOVE / I. LIFE; lines 709-760 | high | Wonderful childhood stories say that at six Rúmí saw visions, taught playmates philosophy, and performed feats such as flying into celestial regions. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto III. The Argument. / Canto IV. The Rhapsodists. / Canto VI. The King. / Canto VII. The Ministers.; lines 1749-1894 | medium | Sumantra tells the king that Sanatkumár foretold to sages that a son would arise from the king’s ancient line. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto CI. Bharata Questioned. / Canto CIII. The Funeral Libation. / Canto CIV. The Meeting With The Queens. / Canto CIX. The Praises Of Truth.; lines 25042-25178 | medium | A rival wife poisons food to ruin another queen’s pregnancy; the widowed queen Kālindī prays to Chyavan, who foretells a righteous, brave, race-upholding son. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto CIV. The Meeting With The Queens. / Canto CIX. The Praises Of Truth. / Canto CXI. Counsel To Bharat. / Canto CXII. The Sandals.; lines 25997-26140 | high | “When, as the ploughshare cleft the earth, / Child of the king I leapt to birth.” | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto X. Rishyasring Invited. / Canto XI. The Sacrifice Decreed. / Canto XII. The Sacrifice Begun. / Canto XIII. The Sacrifice Finished.; lines 2783-2944 | medium | Gods and other heavenly beings gather for their shares; Rishyaśring says Daśaratha has slain the votive steed to gain a son and asks the gods to grant four sons of high renown. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XI. The Sacrifice Decreed. / Canto XII. The Sacrifice Begun. / Canto XIII. The Sacrifice Finished. / Canto XV. The Nectar.; lines 3020-3153 | high | The being says he is a heavenly messenger; he announces that the gods accept Daśaratha’s worship and gives nectar to be given to the queens so they will bear sons. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XI. The Sacrifice Decreed. / Canto XII. The Sacrifice Begun. / Canto XIII. The Sacrifice Finished. / Canto XV. The Nectar.; lines 3155-3293 | medium | After the mighty Sire's command, gods, sages, heavenly minstrels, fauns, snakes, bards, spirits, and serpents beget countless brave sons in sylvan forms. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XII. The Sacrifice Begun. / Canto XIII. The Sacrifice Finished. / Canto XV. The Nectar. / Canto XIX. The Birth Of The Princes.; lines 3510-3648 | high | Six seasons and eleven months have passed since the rite; the ninth day of Chaitra arrives, and moon, planets, and signs are described as the birth setting. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XII. The Sacrifice Begun. / Canto XIII. The Sacrifice Finished. / Canto XV. The Nectar. / Canto XIX. The Birth Of The Princes.; lines 3820-3990 | medium | The king says he cannot live without Rāma and that his sons came in old age as a hard-won boon; Rāma is especially dear to him. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XV. The Nectar. / Canto XIX. The Birth Of The Princes. / Canto XXIV. The Spells. / Canto XXV. The Hermitage Of Love.; lines 4218-4397 | high | Rama asks how a spirit can have such strength; Viśvámitra explains that childless Suketu practiced austerities and Brahmá granted him Táḍaká, beautiful and endowed with the power of a thousand elephants, but no son. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto L. The Enchanted Cave. / Canto LII. The Exit. / Canto LXIV. The Sea. / Canto LXV. The Council.; lines 44554-44719 | high | Punjikasthalá, a heavenly Apsaras, becomes Anjaná after being cursed to dwell on earth in Vánar form. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto XXXI. The Perfect Hermitage. / Canto XXXIII. The Sone. / Canto XXXIV. Brahmadatta. / Canto XXXIX. The Sons Of Sagar.; lines 5397-5489 | high | Kesini bears Asamanj. Sumati bears a gourd that splits to reveal sixty thousand babies, whom nurses place in jars of oil until they emerge youthful, strong, and equal in valor. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto CXXVI. Bharat Consoled. / Canto CXXIX. The Meeting With Bharat. / Canto CXXX. The Consecration. / APPENDIX.; lines 57183-57268 | high | The gods ask Vishṇu, for the good of the universe, to become Daśaratha’s son by dividing himself into four parts in the wombs of the king’s three consorts and to conquer Rávaṇa, who is invulnerable to gods. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto CXXVI. Bharat Consoled. / Canto CXXIX. The Meeting With Bharat. / Canto CXXX. The Consecration. / APPENDIX.; lines 57270-57284 | high | Vishṇu, after promising the gods, seeks a human birthplace, divides himself into four parts, and chooses Daśaratha, sovereign of men, as father. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto CXXIX. The Meeting With Bharat. / Canto CXXX. The Consecration. / APPENDIX. / CAREY AND MARSHMAN.; lines 57286-57377 | high | A wise ritualist, Vibhândaci's son, proposes and prepares another sacred procreative rite with Atharvanic chants; divine beings have assembled at the king's great horse sacrifice to receive portions. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto CXXX. The Consecration. / APPENDIX. / CAREY AND MARSHMAN. / SCHLEGEL.; lines 57379-57463 | high | Rishyashringa announces and begins a very holy generative rite for Dasaratha's desired offspring; many gods and celestial beings are present at the king's Asvamedha to receive their shares. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | APPENDIX. / CAREY AND MARSHMAN. / SCHLEGEL. / GORRESIO.; lines 57465-57499 | medium | Rishyaçringa says he will celebrate another sacrifice so heaven may grant the desired children, then begins the new sacrifice for the king's welfare and desire. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | APPENDIX. / CAREY AND MARSHMAN. / SCHLEGEL. / GORRESIO.; lines 57501-57580 | high | The gods describe the childless king Dasaratha, his penance and ashvamedha for sons, and ask Vishnu to be born as his son in four portions through his three wives. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | CAREY AND MARSHMAN. / SCHLEGEL. / GORRESIO. / HIPPOLYTE FAUCHE.; lines 57608-57690 | high | Agastya explains that Brahmā created waters and formed some beings called Rākshasas to guard them; the early lineage leads to Sukeśa, abandoned as a child and then made mature and immortal by Śiva and Pārvatī, who give him a celestial city. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | HIPPOLYTE FAUCHE. / ADDITIONAL NOTES. / H. H. WILSON. / THE SUPPLIANT DOVE.; lines 58747-58884 | medium | After reports of disorder and robbery in a kingless realm, sages consult and rub the thigh of King Vena, who had left no offspring, to produce a son. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | H. H. WILSON. / THE SUPPLIANT DOVE. / INDEX OF PRINCIPAL NAMES / FOOTNOTES; lines 62696-62815 | medium | Kumāra is also a name of Skanda or Kārttikeya, God of War, son of Śiva and Umā; the babe was matured in fire. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | H. H. WILSON. / THE SUPPLIANT DOVE. / INDEX OF PRINCIPAL NAMES / FOOTNOTES; lines 62942-63076 | medium | Indra destroys the unborn fruit of Diti with his thunderbolt; the Maruts, gods of wind and storm, come forth; the note offers a geological interpretation of dry earth rent by thunder and exhalations issuing from it. | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto LVII. Trisanku. / Canto LVIII. Trisanku Cursed. / Canto LIX. The Sons Of Vasishtha. / Canto LXI. Sunahsepha.; lines 8320-8460 | high | “Once, as it chanced, I ploughed the ground, / When sudden, ’neath the share was found / An infant springing from the earth” | record |
| Hindu | The Ramayan of Valmiki | Canto LIX. The Sons Of Vasishtha. / Canto LXI. Sunahsepha. / Canto LXVII. The Breaking Of The Bow. / Canto LXX. The Maidens Sought.; lines 8716-8895 | medium | Asit wars with rival kings, is forced to yield, flees with two pregnant wives to the Himalaya, dies there, and one wife poisons the food of the other to destroy her pregnancy. | record |
| Celtic Irish | The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge | WORKS ON THE TAIN BO CUALNGE / THE PILLOW-TALK / THIS IS THE ROUTE OF THE TAIN / THE MARCH OF THE HOST; lines 2637-2753 | medium | Fergus says the likely attacker is Cuchulain, the little lad and nursling of Fergus and Conchobar, who could have lopped the tree with one blow, killed the four swiftly, and come to the border with his charioteer. | record |
| Celtic Irish | The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge | THE PILLOW-TALK / THIS IS THE ROUTE OF THE TAIN / THE MARCH OF THE HOST / THE YOUTHFUL EXPLOITS OF CUCHULAIN; lines 2775-2894 | high | The boy sets out carrying a little lath-shield, bronze hurley, silver ball, little javelin, and toy-staff with a fire-hardened butt-end. | record |
| Celtic Irish | The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge | THE PILLOW-TALK / THIS IS THE ROUTE OF THE TAIN / THE MARCH OF THE HOST / THE YOUTHFUL EXPLOITS OF CUCHULAIN; lines 2896-3005 | medium | Setanta runs among the boys, scatters many king's sons, pursues them over Conchobar's chessboard, is seized by Conchobar, identifies himself, and learns of the geis requiring a boy to claim the boy-troop's protection before approaching. | record |
| Celtic Irish | The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge | THE PILLOW-TALK / THIS IS THE ROUTE OF THE TAIN / THE MARCH OF THE HOST / THE YOUTHFUL EXPLOITS OF CUCHULAIN; lines 3007-3083 | medium | Cuchulain hurls hand-stones and his playing-staff at the raiders, kills nine of them, receives fifty wounds, and the raiders continue onward. | record |
| Celtic Irish | The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge | THE PILLOW-TALK / THIS IS THE ROUTE OF THE TAIN / THE MARCH OF THE HOST / THE YOUTHFUL EXPLOITS OF CUCHULAIN; lines 3085-3164 | high | Conchobar sees thrice fifty boys at one end of the fair-green and a single boy at the other; the single boy wins at goals and hurling and succeeds completely in hole-play. | record |
| Celtic Irish | The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge | THE PILLOW-TALK / THIS IS THE ROUTE OF THE TAIN / THE MARCH OF THE HOST / THE YOUTHFUL EXPLOITS OF CUCHULAIN; lines 3166-3285 | medium | The lad casts the ball through the hound's neck, seizes the hound by the legs, and dashes it against a pillar-stone so that it breaks apart. | record |
| Celtic Irish | The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge | THE PILLOW-TALK / THIS IS THE ROUTE OF THE TAIN / THE MARCH OF THE HOST / THE YOUTHFUL EXPLOITS OF CUCHULAIN; lines 3288-3410 | medium | Cuchulain overhears the prophecy from afar, throws away his playthings, hastens to Conchobar, and asks to take arms. | record |
| Celtic Irish | The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge | THE PILLOW-TALK / THIS IS THE ROUTE OF THE TAIN / THE MARCH OF THE HOST / THE YOUTHFUL EXPLOITS OF CUCHULAIN; lines 3412-3489 | medium | The boy mounts and shakes chariots, reducing them to fragments, including the chariots Conchobar kept for the boy-troop and youths in Emain. | record |
| Celtic Irish | The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge | THE PILLOW-TALK / THIS IS THE ROUTE OF THE TAIN / THE MARCH OF THE HOST / THE YOUTHFUL EXPLOITS OF CUCHULAIN; lines 3592-3696 | medium | Cuchulain orders Ibar onward to the dun of the macNechta; Ibar warns that it is perilous and says he expects to be left dead there, but Cuchulain insists he go living or dead. | record |
| Celtic Irish | The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge | THE PILLOW-TALK / THIS IS THE ROUTE OF THE TAIN / THE MARCH OF THE HOST / THE YOUTHFUL EXPLOITS OF CUCHULAIN; lines 3943-4081 | medium | After emerging, Cuchulain is dressed by Mugain and described as beautiful, with seven toes on each foot, seven fingers on each hand, seven pupils in each eye, colored cheek-spots, bright hair, fine garments, shield, spears, and gold diadem. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | 19. Entitled, Mary; annunciation, palm-tree birth, and infant speech | high | Mary withdraws eastward behind a veil, Gabriel appears as a perfect man, and the holy son is announced as a sign and mercy despite her untouched condition. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | 19. Entitled, Mary; annunciation, palm-tree birth, and infant speech | high | Mary brings the child to her people, who accuse her and protest that the child is only an infant in the cradle. | record |
| Islamic | The Koran (Al-Qur'an) | 19. Entitled, Mary; annunciation, palm-tree birth, and infant speech | medium | Mary withdraws eastward behind a veil, Gabriel appears as a perfect man, and the holy son is announced as a sign and mercy despite her untouched condition. | record |
| Persian | Persian Literature, Volume 1 | Birth of Rustem; Simurgh aid, prodigious growth, and the white elephant feat | high | "A child will be born of mighty power, who will become the wonder of the world." | record |
| Persian | Persian Literature, Volume 1 | Birth of Rustem; Simurgh aid, prodigious growth, and the white elephant feat | high | The Simurgh's advice saves Rudabeh, and Rustem is born so prodigious that he looks a year old on his first day. | record |
| Persian | Persian Literature, Volume 1 | Zal, the son of Sam; exposure on Alberz, Simurgh fosterage, and return | high | Sam leaves the mocked child on Alberz, but the Simurgh pities him on the rock and carries him to its own habitation. | record |