Born from rooster egg incubated by toad
A motif · Form · Thompson B31.1, Animals
4 figures carry it.
Nearby in Thompson's index
Motifs this bestiary also holds from B31 and below. The codes are the index's; the names and counts are ours.
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B31Born from yolkless egg 1 figure
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born from a spherical, yolkless egg laid by a rooster and incubated by a toad or snake
Legend has it that the Basilisco Chilote is born from a rooster's egg, incubated by a toad in a damp, dark place.
Legend has it that the Cockatrice is born from an egg laid by a rooster and incubated by a toad or snake under specific astrological conditions.
The colo-colo comes from the folklore of the Araucanian — Mapuche — peoples of Chile, and its birth is its signature: like the basilisk of European legend, to which the compendia compare it directly, it hatches from an egg laid by a rooster.