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Stith Thompson Motif Index
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Stith Thompson's Motif-Index of Folk-Literature classifies recurring narrative elements in folktales, myths, legends, ballads and related traditional narratives. Each entry below gives Thompson's motif reference and the description recorded in the index.
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Mythological Motifs
B
Animal Motifs
C
Motifs of Tabu
D
Magic
E
The Dead
F
Marvels
G
Ogres
H
Tests
J
The Wise and the Foolish
K
Deceptions
L
Reversals of Fortune
M
Ordaining the Future
N
Chance and Fate
P
Society
Q
Rewards and Punishments
R
Captives and Fugitives
S
Unnatural Cruelty
T
Sex
U
The Nature of Life
V
Religion
W
Traits of Character
X
Humor
Z
Miscellaneous Groups of Motifs
| Thompson reference | Description ▲ |
|---|---|
| D190 | Transformation: man to reptiles and miscellaneous animals. |
| D214.1 | Transformation: man to rice-grain. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D263.1 | Transformation: man to ring. *Fb "guldring" I 514b; Missouri-French: Carrière; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 341 n. 228a; Africa (Luba): DeClerq Zs. f. Kolonialsprachen IV 205. |
| D117 | Transformation: man to rodent. S. Am. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 120. |
| D213.2 | Transformation: man to rosebush. German: Grimm Nos. 51, 113. |
| D176 | Transformation: man to salmon. Irish myth: *Cross; Norse: MacCulloch Eddic 146. |
| D241 | Transformation: man to salt. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D179.3 | Transformation: man to sardine. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D251.1 | Transformation: man to saucepan. Africa (Congo): Weeks 200 No. 1. |
| D127 | Transformation: man to sea mammal. |
| D127.1 | Transformation: man to seal. *Fb "sælhund"; Icelandic: *Boberg; Irish myth: *Cross; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 222, 224, 450, 469, Boas RBAE V 621, (Mackenzie Area) Jenness 84, (Cape York) Rasmussen III 100. |
| D225 | Transformation: man to seaweed. Eskimo (Greenland): Holm 13. |
| D191 | Transformation: man to serpent (snake). (Cf. B642.1.)—*Type 433; *BP III 89 n. 2; *E Hoffmann-Krayer Zs. f. Vksk. XXV 120 n. 1; R. M. Meyer Zs. f. Vksk. XXI 4; Köhler-Bolte II 435ff.; *Krappe études 53ff.; Hartland Science 244—7; *Fb "orm" II 759b.—Icelandic: MacCulloch Eddic 54 (Bolverk), Boberg; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 67 n. 6; Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys, Penzer IX 45.—English: *Child V 497 s.v. "stepmother"; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "serpent"; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 296 No. 21; New Britain: Dixon 117; Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 135; Eskimo (Greenland): Thalbitzer Phonetic Study of Eskimo Language (København, 1904) 5; American Indian (Seneca): Curtin-Hewitt RBAE XXXII 112 No. 14; (Plains Ojibwa): Skinner JAFL XXXII 303 No. 7, (Ladino): Conzemius BBAE CVI 130f. |
| D178 | Transformation: man to shark. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 140; Fiji: ibid. 131; Tonga: ibid. 130, Gifford 76, 184; Solomon Islands: Beckwith Myth 131. |
| D134.2 | Transformation: man to she-goat. Hartland Science 247; Loomis White Magic 80.—Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "chèvre"; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D218 | Transformation: man to sheaf of grain. |
| D135 | Transformation: man to sheep. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "mouton"; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D233 | Transformation: man to shell. India: Thompson-Balys; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 114; Africa (Zulu): Callaway 27, (Congo): Weeks 200 No. 1. |
| D179.4 | Transformation: man to shrimp. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D118 | Transformation: man to simian. |
| D285.1 | Transformation: man to smoke. German: Grimm No. 163; Chinese: Werner 196. |
| D198 | Transformation: man to snail. India: Thompson-Balys; Korean: Zong in-Sob 30 No. 13; Africa: Milligan 95. |
| D154.3 | Transformation: man to snipe. Tuamotu: Stimson MS (P-G 13/10). |
| D151.8 | Transformation: man to sparrow. German: Grimm No. 68. |
| D181 | Transformation: man to spider. Tobler 80; Chinese: Werner 364; Africa (Gold Coast): Barker and Sinclair 72 No. 10. |
| D295 | Transformation: man to spittle. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D293 | Transformation: man to star. Jewish: Neuman; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (T-G 3/1005). |
| D133.5 | Transformation: man to steer (bullock). German: Grimm No. 82a, 163. |
| D217 | Transformation: man to stick. Africa (Hausa): Equilbecq II 171ff. |
| D231 | Transformation: man to stone. *Types 303, 471, 516; *Fb "sten" III 553b; Köhler-Bolte I 572f.; *Chauvin VI No. 273, *58 No. 222, VII 83 No. 373bis n. 1, 98 No. 375; *Loomis White Magic 80.—Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Lithuanian: Balys Legends Nos. 503f.; England: *Baughman; Italian novella: Rotunda; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 153 n. 3, 343 (Niobe); India: *Thompson-Balys, Tawney 123; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 94, 119, 209; Japanese: Ikeda; Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 61; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (T-G 3/6); Marquesas: Handy 106; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 65, 191, 342, 422; Tonga: Gifford 183, Mono Alu: Wheeler 25, 66; New Hebrides: Codrington 367;—Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 219, 464, Rasmussen III 152, 194, (Smith Sound): Kroeber JAFL XII 172, (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 84, (Labrador): Hawkes GSCan XIV 159, (Bering Strait): Nelson RBAE XVIII 505, (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 172.—American Indian (Central Brazil): Ehrenreich Int. Cong. Americanists XIV 662, (Snuqualmi and Snohomish): Haeberlin JAFL XXXVII 378.—Africa (Basuto): Jacottet 260 No. 38, (Kaffir): Theal 101. |
| D155.1 | Transformation: man to stork. *Dh II 102; Wesselski Bebel II 49 No. 117.—Lithuanian: Balys Index Nos. 3131f., Legends Nos. 232, 234, 237, 239—242, 246f. |
| D281 | Transformation: man to storm. Hottentot: Bleek 65 No. 28. |
| D151.1 | Transformation: man to swallow. *Dh III 414ff.; Icelandic: Boberg; Korean: Zong in-Sob 65 No. 35. |
| D161.1 | Transformation: man to swan. *Type 451; **O. Rank Die Lohengrinsage (1911) 65f.; *Wehrhan Die Sage 50; *Wesselski Märchen 255 No. 64; *Chauvin VIII 206 No. 248; *G. Huet Romania XXXIV (1905) 206ff.; *Fb "svane" III 664ab; H. A. Todd A propos of La Naissance du chevalier au cygne (MLN VI 2); Krappe Apollon Kyknos (Classical Philology XXXVII 353—370); *BP I 427ff.; Hibbard 248, *251.—English Romance: Wells 97 (Chevalere Assigne); Irish: *Cross; Icelandic: Hrуmundar saga Gr. 373—75 (Kára), Boberg; Greek: *Frazer Pausanias II 395. |
| D114.3 | Transformation: man to swine (wild). |
| D136 | Transformation: man to swine. Fb "svin" III 676a; *Dh II 102.—Icelandic: *Boberg; Irish: *Hartland Science 198, *Cross; Italian Novella: Rotunda; Missouri French: Carrière; Greek: Fox 137, Frazer Apollodorus II 287 n. 2 (Odysseus and Circe); Hindu: Keith 218; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 217 No. 167; Tahiti: Beckwith Myth 37. |
| D179.5 | Transformation: man to sword-fish. Mangaia (Cook Island): Clark 140. |
| D213.5 | Transformation: man to thorns. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 23. |
| D281.3 | Transformation: man to thunder. Madagascar: Renel Contes de Madagascar I 94ff. No. 14. |
| D112.2 | Transformation: man to tiger. Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 67 n. 6; Chinese: Werner 266, 270; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| D151.6 | Transformation: man to titmouse. Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 90 No. 80. |
| D196 | Transformation: man to toad. Fb "tudse" III 889a; Hartland Science 51ff.; Tobler 26.—English: Lang Eng. Fairy Tales 190; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "crapaud"; Chinese: Graham; S. A. Indian (Guaporé Rivér): Lévi-Strauss BBAE CXLIII (3) 379. |
| D193 | Transformation: man to tortoise (turtle). *Dh II 128.—Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "tortue".—India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Werner 324; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 137. |
| D169.3 | Transformation: man to toucan. S. A. Indian (Chiriguano): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 178. |
| D215 | Transformation: man to tree. *Type 442; *Fb "træ" III 867b.—Greek: Fox 16; Hindu: Penzer VI 25 n. 1; India: *Thompson-Balys; English: Child V 497 s.v. "stepmother"; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 48; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth XII 101, 254, 478, 495, 532; Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 193; Eskimo (Greenland): Holm 13; N. A. Indian (Seneca): Curtin-Hewitt RBAE XXXII 489 No. 106, (Crow): Lowie PaAM XXV 45; Africa (Fjort): Dennett 42 No. 6, (Basuto): Jacottet 68 No. 10, (Fang): Tessman 112. |
| D179.1 | Transformation: man to trout. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D166.3 | Transformation: man to turkey. Papua: Ker 107. |
| D213.3 | Transformation: man to turmeric plant. Easter Island: Métraux Ethnology 365. |
| D114 | Transformation: man to ungulate (wild). |
| D210 | Transformation: man to vegetable form. |
| D213.4 | Transformation: man to vine. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 93, 99. |
| D152.3 | Transformation: man to vulture. Icelandic: Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys, Penzer VIII 142; Africa (Fang): Trilles 167. |
| D127.4 | Transformation: man to walrus. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 184, II 96. |
| D283 | Transformation: man to water. |
| D124.1 | Transformation: man to weasel. Fb "lækat" II 495a. |
| D127.3 | Transformation: man to whale. (See references at D178.) Icelandic: *Boberg; German: Grimm No. 197.—Eskimo (Greenland): Holm 31, (Smith Sound): Kroeber JAFL XII 170, (Labrador): Hawks GSCan XIV 157, (Central Eskimo): Boas RBAE VI 625; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (P—G 13/10). |
| D256 | Transformation: man to wheel. *Fb "hjul". |
| D281.1.1 | Transformation: man to whirlwind. Africa (Basuto): Jacottet 140 No. 20. |
| D124 | Transformation: man to wild animal—mustelidae. |
| D110 | Transformation: man to wild beast (mammal). *Dh III 446ff., Greek: Fox 16, Frazer Apollodorus II 67 n. 6; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "bête"; Jewish: Neuman; Eskimo (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 85. |
| D114.4 | Transformation: man to wild goat. Africa: Milligan 141. |
| D281.1 | Transformation: man to wind. Hottentot: Bleek 65 No. 28; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D97 | Transformation: man to witch. (Cf. G200) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D113.1 | Transformation: man to wolf. *Type 428; Dh III, Fb "blod" IV 48; Child V 497 s.v. "stepmother".—Irish myth: *Cross; Eng., U.S.: *Baughman; Icelandic: Corpus poeticum Boreale I 136, 140, *Boberg; Italian Novella: Rotunda; Greek myth: Grote I 160; Finnish: Aarne FFC VIII 14 No. 75, XXXIII 53 No. 75; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 130 No. 73, 145 No. 38; Lappish: Qvigstad FFC LX 48 No. 75; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D12 | Transformation: man to woman. Irish myth: *Cross; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 364 n. 1 (Tiresias); French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule; Jewish: Neuman; Hindu: Keith 147, 151.—Eskimo (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 249, (West Hudson Bay) Boas BAM XV 325; Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 247, (Dahomé) Einstein 27. |
| D153.1 | Transformation: man to woodpecker. *Type 751A; Dh II 125.—Lappish: Qvigstad FFC LX 38 No. 50; Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 90 No. 80. |
| D192 | Transformation: man to worm (often==snake). Irish myth: *Cross; English: Child I 315f.; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| D115.1 | Transformation: man to zebra. Africa (Ba Ronga): Einstein 262. |
| D429.2.2.1 | Transformation: man-eating giantess to stone. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D415.1 | Transformation: mantis to another animal. |
| D415.1.1 | Transformation: mantis to hartebeest. Africa (Bushman): Bleek and Lloyd 3. |
| D444 | Transformation: manufactured object to animal. |
| D434 | Transformation: manufactured object to person. |
| D436 | Transformation: manufactured object to person. |
| D470 | Transformation: material of object changed. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D457.5 | Transformation: meat to other object. |
| D444.2 | Transformation: meat to toad. Punishment for ungrateful son. Dh IV 262; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| D131.1 | Transformation: merman to horse. (Cf. B82.) Fb "hest" I 599a. |
| D454.5 | Transformation: milk sack to other object. |
| D454.5.1 | Transformation: milk sack to sheet of water. Africa (Kaffir): Theal 87. |
| D457.2 | Transformation: milk to blood. Irish myth: *Cross (D454.2.1). |
| D471.4.1 | Transformation: milk to stone. *Loomis White Magic 79. |
| D442 | Transformation: mineral form to animal. |
| D432 | Transformation: mineral form to person. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D454.12 | Transformation: mirror to glass mountain. German: Grimm No. 79. |
| D419 | Transformation: miscellaneous animals to other animals. |
| D469 | Transformation: miscellaneous object to other objects. |
| D479 | Transformation: miscellaneous objects change material. |
| D449 | Transformation: miscellaneous objects to animals. |
| D439 | Transformation: miscellaneous objects to persons. |
| D444.10.2 | Transformation: mitten to dog. Eskimo (Bering Strait): Nelson RBAE XVIII 510. |
| D444.1 | Transformation: money of the hard-hearted to scorpions. (Cf. D444.2, D444.4, D469.11, D471.1).—Bolte Zs. f. Vksk. XXIX 69; cf. BP III 168, 462. |
| D475.2.3 | Transformation: money to ashes (leaves). Fb "penge"; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D475.2.4 | Transformation: money to pewter. Chinese: Werner 373. |
| D411.5.3 | Transformation: monkey to ant. Chinese: Werner 366. |
| D411.5.2 | Transformation: monkey to candle-moth. Chinese: Werner 365. |
| D411.5.1 | Transformation: monkey to eagle. Chinese: Werner 363. |
| D411.5 | Transformation: monkey to other animal. Chinese: Werner 331. |
| D411.5.4 | Transformation: monkey to ox. Chinese: Werner 351, 360. |
| D318.1 | Transformation: monkey to person. Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 72 No. 557; Chinese: Werner 327. |
| D439.5.1 | Transformation: moon to person. Samoa: Clark 118; S. A. Indian (Amuesha): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 150. |
| D43 | Transformation: mortal to guise of deity. Greek myth: Grote I 117; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 166f; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D444.8 | Transformation: mortar to tigress. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D411.6 | Transformation: mouse to another animal. |
| D411.6.2 | Transformation: mouse to cat. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D411.6.1 | Transformation: mouse to horse. Saintyves Perrault 151ff.; Type 510. |
| D315.2 | Transformation: mouse to person. India: Thompson-Balys, Penzer V 109 n. 2, Panchatantra III 13 (tr. Ryder) 353; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Eskimo (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 58. |
| D457.10 | Transformation: moustache into grass. (Cf. D562.2.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D454.8.1 | Transformation: necklace to other object. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D454.4 | Transformation: needle to other object. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D96 | Transformation: normal man to ascetic. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D91 | Transformation: normal man to cannibal. Fb "blod" IV 48a. |
| D47.2 | Transformation: normal men to ogres. Become ravenous. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D451.7 | Transformation: nut to another object. |
| D451.7.1 | Transformation: nut to palace. Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 54 No. 400B. |
| D431.11 | Transformation: nut to person. Papua: Ker 86; Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 121. |
| D444.11 | Transformation: oars and masts to serpents. Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 333 n. 1. |
| D451.2.3 | Transformation: oats to wheat. Irish myth: Cross (D462.3). |
| D474 | Transformation: object becomes bloody. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D477 | Transformation: object becomes wine (or vice versa). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D440 | Transformation: object to animal. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D450 | Transformation: object to another object. India: Thompson-Balys; Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D475.4 | Transformation: object to jewels (or vice versa). *Loomis White Magic 81. |
| D475.2 | Transformation: object to money (or vice versa). |
| D472 | Transformation: object to muck. |
| D430 | Transformation: object to person. |
| D471 | Transformation: object to stone. |
| D475 | Transformation: object to treasure (or vice versa). |
| D473 | Transformation: object to wood. |
| D475.1 | Transformation: objects to gold. Encyc. Religion and Ethics s.v. "Alchemy"; *Loomis White Magic 79, 81.—Irish: Cross, Plummer xliv, clxxxv; German: Hartland Science 49; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Werner 383. |
| D475.3 | Transformation: objects to silver. |
| D426.2 | Transformation: octopus to stone. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 22. |
| D11.1 | Transformation: ogress to man. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D457.14.1 | Transformation: ogress's tongue to surfboard. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 194. |
| D410 | Transformation: one animal to another. India: Thompson-Balys; Jewish: Neuman. |
| D454.3.1 | Transformation: one article of clothing to another. Irish myth: Cross (D469.16). |
| D454.8 | Transformation: ornament to other object. |
| D399 | Transformation: other animals than those already treated to person. |
| D327.1 | Transformation: otter to person. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 168. |
| D412.2.5 | Transformation: ox-demon to bear. Chinese: Werner 361. |
| D412.2.6 | Transformation: ox-demon to elephant. Chinese: Werner 361. |
| D412.2.4 | Transformation: ox-demon to leopard. Chinese: Werner 361. |
| D412.2.2 | Transformation: ox-demon to pig. Chinese: Werner 361. |
| D412.2.3 | Transformation: ox-demon to tiger. Chinese: Werner. |
| D412.4.1 | Transformation: packhorse to palfrey. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D475.1.15 | Transformation: palace to gold. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 210. |
| D357 | Transformation: parrot to person. S. A. Indian (Carajá): Lowie BBAE CXLIII (1) 516. |
| D437 | Transformation: part of animal or person to person. |
| D447 | Transformation: parts of animal or human body to animal. |
| D475.4.4 | Transformation: peas to pearls. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D451.9.1 | Transformation: peas to stones. (Cf. D444.4, D471.1.)—BP III 462. |
| D55.1.2 | Transformation: person to giant. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 539; Eskimo: Boas BAM XV 314; Africa (Fang): Einstein 61. |
| D494 | Transformation: person to monster. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 154. |
| D166.4 | Transformation: person to ptarmigan. Eskimo (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 220, 302. |
| D283.4 | Transformation: person to seafoam. Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-D. 13/203). |
| D435.2 | Transformation: picture to person. |
| D441.8 | Transformation: piece of cotton to snake. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D454.13 | Transformation: pieces of chalk into tins of oil. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D451.5.5 | Transformation: pieces of grass turned into stone steps. Chinese: Graham. |
| D422.3.1 | Transformation: pig to bread. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D412.3.5 | Transformation: pig to dragon. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 162. |
| D412.3.2 | Transformation: pig to fish. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D422.3 | Transformation: pig to object. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D336.1 | Transformation: pig to person. Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 116. |
| D412.3.1 | Transformation: pig-fairy to fish. Chinese: Werner 363. |
| D447.7 | Transformation: pig's bones to pig. Papua: Ker 13. |
| D444.3 | Transformation: pill to white rabbit. Chinese: Werner 185. |
| D441.4 | Transformation: plant to animal. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D451.2 | Transformation: plant to other object. Irish myth: Cross (D452). |
| D431.6 | Transformation: plant to person. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 515; Papua: Ker 131. |
| D471.7 | Transformation: poison to stone. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D454.6 | Transformation: pot to other object. Africa (Kaffir): Theal 88. |
| D444.9 | Transformation: pouch to parts of body of ptarmigan. Eskimo (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 320. |
| D93 | Transformation: prince to old man. Type 431. |
| D47.3 | Transformation: princess to ogress. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| D451.3.3 | Transformation: pumpkin to carriage. Type 410.—Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "carosse"; Missouri French: Carrière. |
| D475.1.12 | Transformation: putrescence to gold. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D418.1.1 | Transformation: python to gorilla. Africa: Milligan Jungle 100. |
| D423.2 | Transformation: quails to sticks and pebbles. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D411.2 | Transformation: rat to another animal. |
| D315.1 | Transformation: rat to person. Saintyves Perrault 151ff. (to coachman); Type 510.—Missouri French: Carrière; India: Thompson-Balys; Africa (Duala): Lederbogen Africa V140. |
| D413.2 | Transformation: raven to water bird. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 73. |
| D431.7 | Transformation: reed to person. Africa (Ba Ronga): Einstein 259. |
| D425 | Transformation: reptile to object. |
| D418 | Transformation: reptile to other animal. |
| D390 | Transformation: reptiles and miscellaneous animals to persons. |
| D475.1.6 | Transformation: rice to gold. India: Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Mitford 180ff. |
| D24.4 | Transformation: rich man to tramp. Smears hands and face. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| D454.8.2 | Transformation: ring to other object. |
| D454.8.2.1 | Transformation: ring to saber. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "bague". |
| D452.1 | Transformation: rock (stone) to other object. |
| D452.1.5 | Transformation: rock to glass. *Loomis White Magic 81. |
| D452.1.1 | Transformation: rock to hut. Africa (Kaffir): Theal 83. |
| D452.1.10 | Transformation: rock to water. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D441.7.1 | Transformation: rod to serpent. Hebrew: Exodus 7:10. |
| D315 | Transformation: rodent to man. |
| D451.5.6 | Transformation: roll of grass into gold. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 210. |
| D431.9 | Transformation: root (bulb) of plant to person. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 168. |
| D434.2 | Transformation: rope to person. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 465. |
| D436.2 | Transformation: rope to person. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 465. |
| D431.1.1 | Transformation: rose to person. Spanish: *Boggs FFC XC 82 No. 708a; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D432.3.1 | Transformation: ruby to person. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D451.2.1 | Transformation: rush to leek. Irish myth: Cross (D462.1). |
| D451.2.1.1 | Transformation: rushes to grain. Irish myth: Cross (D462.1.1). |
| D457.16 | Transformation: saint's relics to other object. |
| D376 | Transformation: salmon to person. Irish myth: Cross (D374). |
| D471.5 | Transformation: salt to stone. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D452.3 | Transformation: sand to another object. |
| D452.3.1 | Transformation: sand to rice. India: Thompson-Balys; Africa (Duala): Lederbogen Märchen 82. |
| D476.1.11 | Transformation: sand to rice. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D457.6 | Transformation: scurf from body to palm tree. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D419.1.1 | Transformation: sea dragon to serpent. Chinese: Werner 311. |
| D327 | Transformation: sea-mammal to person. |
| D469.4 | Transformation: sea-scum to ice. Eskimo (Greenland) Rasmussen III 260. |
| D411.7 | Transformation: seal to another animal. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D411.7.1 | Transformation: seal to horse. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D327.2 | Transformation: seal to person. Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 456. |
| D431.10 | Transformation: sections of bamboo to persons. Papua: Ker 138. |
| D418.1 | Transformation: serpent (snake) to other animal. |
| D391 | Transformation: serpent (snake) to person. Dickson 55 n. 71.—Italian Novella: Rotunda; India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 389, 423; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 169, 185; Africa (Kaffir): Theal 52, (Zulu): Callaway 321, (Basuto): Jacottet 134 No. 19, 146 No. 20. |
| D418.1.3 | Transformation: serpent to mosquito. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D475.1.2 | Transformation: shavings to gold. Fb "høvlspеn". |
| D412.7 | Transformation: sheep to grasshoppers. Mexico: Mendoza Santa Barbara; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D452.2 | Transformation: shell to another object. |
| D452.2.1 | Transformation: shell to boat. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "bateau". |
| D432.2 | Transformation: shell to person. |
| D454.10.1 | Transformation: ship to mountains. Maori: Beckwith Myth 467. |
| D454.10 | Transformation: ship to other object. |
| D471.3 | Transformation: ship to stone. Greek: Fox 211. |
| D475.3.5 | Transformation: silver dish becomes wooden. Irish myth: Cross (D479.16). |
| D318 | Transformation: simian to person. |
| D447.2 | Transformation: skull to water-monster. Africa (Angola): Chatelain 115 No. 9. |
| D454.9.2 | Transformation: sling-stick to boat. Irish myth: Cross (D469.18). |
| D469.2 | Transformation: smoke to bridge. Africa (Vai): Ellis 191 No. 8. |
| D398 | Transformation: snail to person. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 59f. |
| D418.1.2 | Transformation: snake to dragon. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 31. |
| D425.1.3 | Transformation: snake to garland. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D425.1.2.1 | Transformation: snake to gold. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 184. |
| D425.1.2 | Transformation: snake to jewel. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D425.1 | Transformation: snake to object. |
| D425.1.4 | Transformation: snake to ship. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 1160. |
| D425.1.1 | Transformation: snake to stone. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| D449.4 | Transformation: snow to dogs. Eskimo (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 324. |
| D412.3.4 | Transformation: sows into she-goats. *Loomis White Magic 80. |
| D454.9.1.1 | Transformation: spear becomes mighty tree when driven into ground. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D454.9.1 | Transformation: spear to other object. |
| D381 | Transformation: spider to man. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 168. |
| D475.1.4 | Transformation: spittle to gold. Hindu: Williams 11. |
| D437.5 | Transformation: spittle to person. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D411.1 | Transformation: squirrel to another animal. |
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