Sex omens in Talmud (1)

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Babylonian Talmud, Kethuboth 60b-61a:
If one has sex in a mill house, they will have epileptic children.
If one has sex on the ground, they will have children with dislocated thighs.
If a woman treads on blood of a donkey, she will have children with scabs.
If a woman (during pregnancy) ate mustard, she will have children who are ‘glutonous’.
If a woman ate ‘cress’ (tḥly = Akkadian sahlû), she will have ‘bleary-eyed’ (dwlpny, cf. Akkadian dalpu) children.
If a woman ate fish brine (mnyny = Akkadian mê nuni), she will have children with small eyes.
If a woman ate a clump of clay, she will have ugly children.
If a woman drank beer, she will have sun-blackened children.
If a woman ate meat and drank wine, she will have healthy children.
If a woman ate eggs she will have poor children.
If a woman ate fish (kwwrˀ, note the Akkadian term kamāru), she will have graceful children.
If a woman ate parsley, she will have beautiful children.
If a woman ate coriander (kwspbrtˀ, cf. Akkadian kusbirrītu), she will have fleshy children.
If a woman ate citron, she will have (good)-smelling children.

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Babylonian Talmud, Kethuboth 60b-61a

Bibliography

Amar Annus

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