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A112.7.4. God born after prematurely short pregnancy. Marquesas: Handy 107.
A112.8. God from adulterous union. Irish myth: Cross.
A164.2. Adultery among the gods. F252.4.1. Fairies banished for adultery. T481. Adultery.
A112.9. Gods borne by human woman. India: Thompson-Balys.
A112.9.1. Elementary spirits borne by human woman. India: Thompson-Balys.
A112.10. Divine child cast out at birth. Polynesia: Beckwith Myth 257.
A112.11. Child born from union of God with hen. Easter Is.: Métraux Ethnology 130.
A113. Totemistic gods. Gods which have animal associations; e.g., Athena with the owl, Venus with the sparrow. — Babylonian: Spence 93; India: *Thompson-Balys; Irish myth: Cross.
A114. Gods born from object.
A114.1. Deity born from sea-foam. Aphrodite. Greek: Roscher I 402; *Frazer Pausanias III 544.
A1261.1. Man created from sea-foam. T547.1. Birth from sea-foam.
A114.1.1. Goddess born from sweat of rock washed by sea. Minahassa (Celebes): Dixon 157.
A114.1.1.1. God born of another god's sweat. India: Thompson-Balys.
A114.1.1.2. Origin of lesser gods from spittle of great god. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 82.
A114.2. God born from egg. Tahiti: Henry 337; Marquesas: Handy 104. — So. Am. Indian (Huamachuco): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 151.
A114.2.1. Deity born in shape of egg. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 169.
A114.3. Deity born from skull. Easter Is.: Métraux Ethnology 312.
A114.4. Deity born from tree. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 279, 284. — So. Am. Indian (Tembe): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 122.
A115. Emergence of deity.
A115.1. First deity grows out of primeval chaos. Japanese: Anesaki 222.
A605. Primeval chaos.
A115.2. God issues from earth. Norse: MacCulloch Eddic 328 (Tuisto).
A115.3. Deity arises from mist. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 71.
A115.4. Deity emerges from darkness of underworld. Mangia (Cook Is.): Beckwith Myth 224.
A115.5. Emergence of gods from above and below. Marquesas: Handy 138.
A115.6. Deity arises from shell of darkness where he has been for million ages. Tahiti: Henry.
A115.7. Gods emerge from hole in tree. India: Thompson-Balys.