A. Mythological Motifs
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A2611.0.5. Parts of human or animal body transformed into plants. India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 130f. Nos. 85, 89; S. Am. Indian (Mataco): Métraux MAFLS XL 128.
A2611.1. Corn from body of slain person. (Cf. A2685.1.) — Babylonian: Spence 140; India: Thompson-Balys; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 293 n. 77; S. Am. Indian (Amazon): Alexander Lat. Am. 292; Yunca (Peru): ibid. 225, (Paressi): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 360, (Brazil): Oberg 108; (Caingang): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (1) 473.
A1420.1. Origin of food from body of slain food-goddess.
A2611.2. Tobacco from grave of bad woman. Finnish: Aarne FFC VIII 23 No. 128, XXXIII 56 No. 128; Esthonian: Aarne FFC XXV 152 No. 76; Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 96 No. 125; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3240, Legends Nos. 326—337; S. Am. Indian (Paressi): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 359, (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 62.
A2611.2.1. Tobacco from grave of virgin. India: Thompson-Balys.
A2611.3. Coconut tree from head of slain monster. Oceanic (Samoa, Union Group, Mangaia, Tahiti): Dixon 55; (Cook Is.): Beckwith Myth 104, (Solomon Is.): ibid. 104, (Papua): Ker 92, (Tuamotu): Beckwith Myth 103.
A2611.4. Pepper plant from body of slain person. (Cf. A2686.3.) — Zuñi: Cushing 183.
A2611.5. Mandrake from blood of person hanged on gallows. (Cf. A2664.) — **Starck Der Alraun; *Taylor JAFL XXXI 561f.; Penzer III 153.; *Fb "alrunerod" IV 10a.
A2611.6. Hair transformed into plants. India: Thompson-Balys.
A2611.6.1. Grass from hair of slain person. India: *Thompson-Balys.
A2683. Origin of grass.
A2611.7. Origin of rue: from drops of Christ's blood. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3218, Legends No. 304.
A2612. Plants from tears.
D1454.4.3. Flowers from tears.
A2612.1. Tears of Adam and Eve leaving paradise become trees. (Cf. A2681.) — Dh I 223ff.
A1331. Paradise lost.
A2612.2. Tears of Mary at Annunciation become daisies. (Cf. A2651.) — Dh II 7.
A2612.3. God's tears become peas. (Cf. A2686.2.) — Finnish: Aarne FFC VIII 23 No. 126.
A2613. Plant from spittle.
A2613.1. Mushroom from spittle of deity. (Cf. A2686.1.) — Dh II 107; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3230, Legends No. 325.
A2615. Object transformed to plant. Jewish: Neuman.
D450. Transformation: object to another object. D462. Transformation of plants to another object.
A2615.1. Mary hides in ground nail to be used for cross: origin of thistles. (Cf. A2688.1.) — Dh II 216.
A2615.2. Plant from mother's milk. India: Thompson-Balys.
