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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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All
A
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 ▲ |
|---|---|
| D98 | Transformation: children into horsemen. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D441.10 | Transformation: chips of wood to animal. Eskimo (Labrador): Hawkes GSCan XIV 152. |
| D454.3.4.1 | Transformation: cloak to mountain. Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G. 13/420). |
| D454.3.4 | Transformation: cloak to other object. |
| D454.3.4.2 | Transformation: cloak to vessel. Saintyves Saints Successeurs 254f. |
| D454.3 | Transformation: clothing to other object. |
| D439.2 | Transformation: coal to person. Africa (Kaffir): Theal 87. |
| D475.1.1 | Transformation: coals to gold. Fb. "kul", "guld".—Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 322 No. 80. |
| D451.3.2 | Transformation: coconut to philosopher's stone. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D434.4 | Transformation: coffin cover to person. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 168. |
| D436.4 | Transformation: coffin cover to person. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 168. |
| D454.7.1 | Transformation: comb to mountain. German: Grimm No. 79. |
| D22 | Transformation: common man to exalted personage. |
| D22.1 | Transformation: common man to grand officer. French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 17. |
| D475.1.9 | Transformation: copper to gold. India: Penzer III 162 n. |
| D353 | Transformation: coraciiform to person. |
| D431.8 | Transformation: corn to person. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D449.2 | Transformation: corpse to serpent. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D451.2.4 | Transformation: cotton to leaves. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D412.2 | Transformation: cow (ox) to another animal. |
| D375 | Transformation: crab to man. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D457.9.1 | Transformation: cut-off hand to plant. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 130 No. 85. |
| D422.2.1 | Transformation: dead dog to money. Fb "hund" I 676a; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3629; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 229f. No. 176, FFC CXXVIII 201f. No. 113. |
| D475.1.3 | Transformation: dead leaves to gold. Grimm Deutsche Mythologie 2, 246, 452. |
| D421.5 | Transformation: deer to object. |
| D314.1.3 | Transformation: deer to woman. S. A. Indian (Maroja): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 448. |
| D113.4.1 | Transformation: deity to jackal. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D192.0.1 | Transformation: demon (in human form) to worm. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D102.1 | Transformation: demon to animal. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| D102 | Transformation: devil to animal. *Kittredge Witchcraft 175 nn. 12—21, 29, 30; Missouri French: Carrière. |
| D452.4.1 | Transformation: dirt to pepper. Africa (Duala): Lederbogen JAS IV 71. |
| D475.4.3 | Transformation: dishes to jewels. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D421.2.2 | Transformation: doe to bubble of water (enchanted woman). Irish myth: Cross. |
| D412.5 | Transformation: dog to another animal. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D412.5.1 | Transformation: dog to dove (transformed man). Irish myth: Cross. |
| D412.5.5 | Transformation: dog to leopard. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D422.2 | Transformation: dog to object. |
| D412.5.3 | Transformation: dog to otter. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D341 | Transformation: dog to person. Irish myth: Cross (D343.1). |
| D422.2.2 | Transformation: dog to pumpkin. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D412.5.7 | Transformation: dog to snake. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 75. |
| D412.5.6 | Transformation: dog to spider. Eskimo (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 226. |
| D422.2.3 | Transformation: dog to statue. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D435.1.2 | Transformation: dolls change to fairies when flute is played. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D330 | Transformation: domestic beast (mammal) to person. |
| D412.0.1 | Transformation: domestic to wild animal. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D354.1 | Transformation: dove to person. Dickson 52. |
| D419.1.2 | Transformation: dragon to horse. Korean: Zong in-Sob 64 No. 35. |
| D429.2 | Transformation: dragon to object. (Cf. B11.) |
| D419.1 | Transformation: dragon to other animal. (Cf. B11.) |
| D429.2.2 | Transformation: dragon to stone. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D429.2.1 | Transformation: dragon-king to gust of wind. Chinese: Werner 311. |
| D444.10 | Transformation: dress to animal. |
| D444.10.1 | Transformation: dress to butterfly. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 264. |
| D444.6 | Transformation: drinking horn to dragon. Norse: Herrmann Saxo Gr. II 596. |
| D457.1.3 | Transformation: drops of blood to flowers. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D365 | Transformation: duck to person. (Cf. D361.1.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D423.3 | Transformation: duck to precious stone. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 196. |
| D352.2 | Transformation: eagle to person. Africa: Milligan Jungle 100. |
| D457.19 | Transformation: ear tips (animal) into pelts. Eskimo (Bering Strait): Nelson RBAE XVIII 471, 541. |
| D442.2 | Transformation: earth (dirt) to animal. India: Thompson-Balys (D446.1.) |
| D452.4 | Transformation: earth (dirt) to another object. |
| D475.1.8 | Transformation: earth to gold. Fb "jord" II 45b.; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D442.2.1 | Transformation: earth to lice. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D475.3.1 | Transformation: earth to silver. Africa (Mossi): Frobenius Atlantis VIII 274ff. No. 20. |
| D426.1.2 | Transformation: eel to dry land. Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G 13/221). |
| D426.1 | Transformation: eel to object. |
| D373 | Transformation: eel to person. Fb "еl" III 119Oa.—Tonga: Gifford 182; New Hebrides: Codrington 375; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G. 3/1295). |
| D426.1.1 | Transformation: eel to stone. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 21. |
| D469.1.1 | Transformation: egg to house. Africa (Duala): Lederbogen Märchen 83. |
| D469.1 | Transformation: egg to mist. Africa (Kaffir): Theal 87. |
| D439.4 | Transformation: egg to person. India: Thompson-Balys; Africa (Duala): Lederbogen Märchen 384. |
| D421.3.1 | Transformation: elephant to lotus. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D421.3 | Transformation: elephant to object. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D314.3 | Transformation: elephant to person. Africa (Gold Coast): Barker and Sinclair 126 No. 22. |
| D421.3.2 | Transformation: elephant to stone. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D441.6 | Transformation: embers into animal. (Cf. D562.2)—India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D332 | Transformation: equine animal (domestic) to person. |
| D437.4 | Transformation: excrements to person. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 85. |
| D457.11 | Transformation: eye to another object. |
| D457.11.2 | Transformation: eyeballs to torches. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D441.3.1 | Transformation: faggots to chargers. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D352.3 | Transformation: falcon to person. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| D352 | Transformation: falconiform to person. |
| D437.3 | Transformation: feather to person. Africa (Shangani): Bourhill and Drake 43ff. No. 5. |
| D457.7 | Transformation: feather to tree. Africa (Shangani): Bourhill and Drake 43ff. No. 5. |
| D312 | Transformation: feline animal to person. |
| D441.4.1 | Transformation: fern to animal. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D457.9 | Transformation: finger to ax handle. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 131 No. 89. |
| D475.4.6 | Transformation: fingernails into jewels. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D475.1.21 | Transformation: fingernails to gold. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 165 No. 108. |
| D475.1.5 | Transformation: fire to gold. Fb "ild" II 11b. |
| D370 | Transformation: fish to man. India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham, Eberhard FFC CXX 142 No. 96; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G. 13/194); S. A. Indian (Brazil): Oberg 108; Africa (Ila, Rhodesia): Smith and Dale II 403. |
| D426 | Transformation: fish to object. |
| D447.4 | Transformation: fishtail to shark. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 134. |
| D457.17.1 | Transformation: flesh to fire. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D457.17 | Transformation: flesh to other object. |
| D423.1.1 | Transformation: flock of geese to stone. Fb "gеs" I 528b. |
| D431.1 | Transformation: flower to person. *BP II 126f.; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham. |
| D475.1.18 | Transformation: flowers to gold and silver. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D451.4.0.1 | Transformation: flowers to gold beads. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D451.4 | Transformation: flowers to other object. |
| D476.2.1 | Transformation: food to dust. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D475.1.16 | Transformation: food to gold. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D472.1 | Transformation: food to muck. As punishment. Fb "mog" II 603; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D313.1 | Transformation: fox to person. Chinese: Werner 370—379, Ferguson 157; Japanese: Ikeda, Anesaki 327; Korean: Zong in-Sob 128; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen II 11. |
| D411.8 | Transformation: fox to snake. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 228. |
| D457.15.1 | Transformation: fox's heart to rattle. S. A. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 138. |
| D428.1 | Transformation: frog to object. |
| D395 | Transformation: frog to person. Tobler 77ff; Type 440.—Hindu: Keith 147; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 76, 78. |
| D428.1.1 | Transformation: frog to tree. Chinese: Graham. |
| D441.2 | Transformation: fruit to animal. |
| D441.2.1 | Transformation: fruit to birds. Trees grow fruits. Those which fall on ground ripen and are normal; those that fall into water become birds and fly away.—*Pauli (ed. Bolte) II 445 No. 879. |
| D451.3 | Transformation: fruit to other object. Irish myth: Cross (D463). |
| D431.4 | Transformation: fruit to person. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| D469.5 | Transformation: furnace of fire to garden. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D314.1.4 | Transformation: gazelle to person. Africa: Weeks Jungle 450. |
| D114.1.1.1 | Transformation: girl to deer (fawn) (by druid). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D152.4 | Transformation: girl to falcon. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| D141.1.1 | Transformation: girl to puppy. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D334 | Transformation: goat to person. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D101 | Transformation: god to animal. *Krappe études 53ff.—Greek: *Frazer Apollodorus I 49 n. 2; Fox 178 (Apollo); Irish myth: *Cross, MacCulloch Celtic 56; Persian: Carnoy 269; Norse: De la Saussaye 261; India: *Thompson-Balys; Penzer VII 175 n. 1. |
| D114.3.2.1 | Transformation: god to boar. (Cf. D101.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D175.1 | Transformation: god to crab. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D154.1.0.1 | Transformation: god to dove. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D285.0.1 | Transformation: god to fire. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D12.1 | Transformation: god to giantess. MacCulloch Eddic 131 (Loki to Thökk). |
| D152.1.1 | Transformation: god to hawk. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D442.3 | Transformation: gold to animal. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 229f. |
| D479.4 | Transformation: goose egg becomes hen's egg. Irish myth: Cross (D479.17). |
| D423.1 | Transformation: goose to object. |
| D364 | Transformation: goose to person. *Dh II 191f; *Fb "gеs" I 528b. |
| D411.9 | Transformation: gorilla to eagle. Africa: Milligan Jungle 100. |
| D475.1.6.1 | Transformation: grain to gold. *Loomis White Magic 79; Irish myth: **Cross. |
| D451.5.4 | Transformation: grass to beard. Irish myth: Cross (D457.4). |
| D451.5 | Transformation: grass to other object. |
| D431.5 | Transformation: grass to person. |
| D431.5.1 | Transformation: grass to soldiers. Chinese: Graham. |
| D442.2.2 | Transformation: grave to animal. Eskimo (Kodiak): Golder JAFL XVI 21. |
| D354.2 | Transformation: gull to person. Eskimo (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 216, 302, (Greenland): Rasmussen 219, Rink 451. |
| D447.1 | Transformation: hair to animal. |
| D457.4.3 | Transformation: hair to bridge. Köhler-Bolte I 195. |
| D457.4.2 | Transformation: hair to forest. *Fb "hеr" I 771b; Jewish: Neuman. |
| D475.1.10 | Transformation: hair to gold. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| D447.1.2 | Transformation: hair to insect. Chinese: Werner 364. |
| D447.1.1 | Transformation: hair to monkey. Chinese: Werner 366. |
| D457.4 | Transformation: hair to other object. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D447.1.3 | Transformation: hair to serpent. Sébillot France III 257; Eitrem Opferritus und Voropfer der Griechen und Römer 359.—England, U.S.: Baughman. |
| D457.4.1 | Transformation: hair to stream. *Fb "hеr" I 771b. |
| D475.4.7 | Transformation: hairs to jewels. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D454.3.2 | Transformation: handkerchief to other object. |
| D454.3.2.1 | Transformation: handkerchief with three knots to clod, potsherd, and charcoal. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D454.3.2.2 | Transformation: handkerchief with three knots to golden leopard, golden snake, and golden monkey. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D411.3 | Transformation: hare (rabbit) to another animal. |
| D315.5 | Transformation: hare (rabbit) to person. Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 60 No. 438; Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 307; Africa (Ila, Rhodesia): Smith and Dale II 395 No. 28. |
| D411.3.1 | Transformation: hare to leopard. Ila (Rhodesia): Smith and Dale II 359 No. 12. |
| D352.1 | Transformation: hawk to person. Eskimo (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 210. |
| D413.1 | Transformation: hawk to salmon (transformed man). Irish myth: Cross. |
| D439.5 | Transformation: heavenly body to person. |
| D412.2.1 | Transformation: herd of cattle to wolves. Finnish: Kalevala rune 33. |
| D476.3.3 | Transformation: horse meat to mutton. Irish myth: Cross (D479.6). |
| D412.4 | Transformation: horse to another animal. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D422.1 | Transformation: horse to object. |
| D422.1.1 | Transformation: horse to river. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "rivière". |
| D422.1.2 | Transformation: horse to stone. Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D412.5.2 | Transformation: hound to lap-dog. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D471.2 | Transformation: house to stone. N. A. Indian (Seneca): Curtin-Hewitt RBAE XXXII 212 No. 41, 398 No. 70, 409 No. 73. |
| D471.2.1 | Transformation: house-door to stone. N. A. Indian (Shasta): Farrand-Frachtenberg JAFL XXVIII 216 No. 6. |
| D313.4 | Transformation: hyena to man. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D382 | Transformation: hymenoptera to person. |
| D476.1.9 | Transformation: ice becomes grease. N. A. Indian (Menomini): Skinner and Satterlee PaAM XIII 270, (Crow): Lowie PaAM XXV 23ff., (Southern Ute): Lowie JAFL XXXVII 11 No. 5. |
| D445 | Transformation: image of animal vivified. (Cf. D435)—Dh. II 72ff.—India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 234; N. A. Indian: Thompson Tales 357 n. 287i. |
| D435 | Transformation: image to person. (Cf. D445.) Korean: Zong in-Sob 213; Eskimo (Bering Strait): Nelson RBAE XVIII 517. |
| D454.14 | Transformation: ink to beams of light. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D415 | Transformation: insect to another animal. |
| D424 | Transformation: insect to object. |
| D380 | Transformation: insect to person. |
| D454.16 | Transformation: instruments of torture to lotus flowers. Chinese: Werner 268. |
| D475.3.4 | Transformation: iron in axe to silver. German: Grimm No. 99. |
| D479.2 | Transformation: iron tools to earth. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D432.3 | Transformation: jewel to person. |
| D474.1 | Transformation: key becomes bloody. *Type 311, 312; BP I 404ff. |
| D24.2 | Transformation: king and queen to peasant and wife. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D24.1 | Transformation: king to menial. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D431.3 | Transformation: leaf (of tree) to person. Africa (Yoruba): Ellis 257 No. 4, (Fjort): Dennett 43 No. 6, (Upoto): Einstein 141. |
| D451.8 | Transformation: leaf to another object. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 109; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 478. |
| D451.8.2 | Transformation: leaf to knife. Africa (Loango): Pechuël-Loesche 109. |
| D475.1.19 | Transformation: leaves on which meal is served turn to gold plates. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D441.5 | Transformation: leaves to animal. |
| D451.8.1 | Transformation: leaves to cotton. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D441.5.1 | Transformation: leaves to eels. New Hebrides: Codrington 396. |
| D312.3 | Transformation: leopard to person. Africa (Mpongwe): Nassau 68 No. 15. |
| D475.4.2 | Transformation: lice into gems. *Loomis White Magic 81. |
| D312.1 | Transformation: lion to person. Hindu: Penzer II 147; Africa (Angola): Chatelain 145, 147 No. 15. |
| D397 | Transformation: lizard to person. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D441.3.2 | Transformation: log to bear. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D451.4.1 | Transformation: lotus to human hand. Penzer VIII 54. |
| D479.3 | Transformation: magic charm makes root bitter. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D169.2 | Transformation: magician to paddy-bird. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D412 | Transformation: mammal (domestic) to another animal. |
| D422 | Transformation: mammal (domestic) to object. |
| D411 | Transformation: mammal (wild) to another animal. |
| D421 | Transformation: mammal (wild) to object. |
| D263.3 | Transformation: man (girl) to comb. Hindu: Penzer VII 239. |
| D235.1 | Transformation: man (god) to shower of gold. Greek: Fox 33 (Zeus). |
| D215.7 | Transformation: man (woman) to almond tree. Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 262 n. 2. |
| D215.3 | Transformation: man (woman) to ash tree. Fb "rön" III 125a. |
| D212.1 | Transformation: man (woman) to carnation. *Type 652. |
| D177 | Transformation: man (woman) to catfish. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D212 | Transformation: man (woman) to flower. *Type 652; *BP II 125; *Type 407; BP I 501, III 259; Tobler 69.—India: *Thompson-Balys; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 93. |
| D235 | Transformation: man (woman) to golden object. |
| D284 | Transformation: man (woman) to island. Greek: Pauly-Wissowa: s.v. "Delos". |
| D215.1 | Transformation: man (woman) to laurel. Greek: Fox 181 (Daphne). |
| D215.4 | Transformation: man (woman) to linden tree. Fb "lind" II 432b. |
| D215.8 | Transformation: man (woman) to mango tree. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D211.4 | Transformation: man (woman) to mango. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D118.2 | Transformation: man (woman) to monkey. India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham. |
| D215.6 | Transformation: man (woman) to mulberry tree. Hindu: Penzer VI 26 n. 3; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 84. |
| D211.1 | Transformation: man (woman) to orange. *Type 408; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D218.1 | Transformation: man (woman) to paddy-sheaf. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D211.2 | Transformation: man (woman) to pomegranate. *Type 408; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| D283.1 | Transformation: man (woman) to pool of water. Irish myth: *Cross, MacCulloch Celtic 60; India: Thompson-Balys; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 532. |
| D212.2 | Transformation: man (woman) to rose. *Fb "rose" III 80a; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D264 | Transformation: man (woman) to skein of silk. Fb "silke" III 204a. |
| D52.1 | Transformation: man becomes hideous. Africa (Upoto): Einstein 130. |
| D22.2 | Transformation: man of low caste takes on prince's appearance, and transforms prince to take on his. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D230 | Transformation: man to a mineral form. |
| D194.1 | Transformation: man to alligator. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D261 | Transformation: man to altar. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "autel". |
| D44.1 | Transformation: man to angel. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D100 | Transformation: man to animal. *BP II 60, III 8f.; *Dh III 284ff., 429ff., 446ff., 464ff.; Cosquin Contes indiens 58ff.; *Goerke Ueber Tierverwandlungen in französischer Dichtung und Sage (Dissertation, Königsberg 1904); Type 325; *Chauvin VI 199 No. 371.—Irish myth: *Cross; MacCulloch Celtic 168; Slavic (general): Máchal 229; French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 13, 17; Missouri French: Carrière; Hindu: Penzer VI 5 n. 1, 40 n. 1, 56 n. 1, 2, VII 42 n. 1, 44 n. 1, IX 45; India: Thompson-Balys; Arabian: Burton Nights I 28, 35, 97, 126, 173, VII 83, 290, 296, 301, IX 310, S IV 329, 336.—Chinese: Frémine La Tradition Sept.-Oct. 1890; Indonesian: DeVries' list Nos. 152, 153; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 141; American Indian (Passamaquoddy): Prince PAES X 43 No. 9; (Amazon) Alexander Lat. Am. 301; Jamaica: Beckwith MAFLS XVII 271 No. 84. |
| D287.1 | Transformation: man to ant-hill. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D182.2 | Transformation: man to ant. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule; Italian Novella: Rotunda; German: Grimm No. 29; Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 104. |
| D118.1 | Transformation: man to ape. *Dh II 100.—Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 241 n. 3; Jewish: Neuman; Hindu: Penzer I 28, III 191, VI 59, VII 44 n. 1; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 177 No. 119; S. A. Indian (Quiché): Alexander Lat. Am. 172, Chile: Pino Saavedra 402ff. |
| D215.5 | Transformation: man to apple tree. Hdwb. d. Märchens s.v. "Apfel" n. 27. |
| D211.5 | Transformation: man to apple. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| D286 | Transformation: man to ashes. Hindu: Keith 115. |
| D132 | Transformation: man to ass (mule, jennet, etc.). |
| D132.1 | Transformation: man to ass. (Cf. B641.4.)—*Types 430, 567; *Chauvin II 183 No. 23; *K. Weinhold über das Märchen vom Eselmenschen (Sitzungsb. d. K. Pr. Akad. Berlin [1893] 475—488); Cosquin études 512ff.; Wesselski Theorie 22.—Breton: *Sébillot Incidents s.v. "âne"; India: *Thompson-Balys; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| D124.4 | Transformation: man to badger. Irish myth: *Cross (D117.2). |
| D117.3.1 | Transformation: man to bandicoot. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| D263.4 | Transformation: man to beads. Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 60. |
| D113.2 | Transformation: man to bear. *Dh II 99; Hdwb. d. Abergl. I 886 s.v. "Bär"; *Fb "bjørn" IV 43a, "hvidbjørn" I 701a; Lappish: Qvigstad FFC LX 48 No. 75a; Icelandic: *Boberg; Greek myth: Grote I 162; Hindu: Penzer VII 42 n. 1; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 217 No. 167; N. A. Indian (Joshua): Farrand-Frachtenberg JAFL XXVIII 241 No. 20; Eskimo (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 251f., (West Hudson Bay) Boas BAM XV 326, (Kodiak) Golder JAFL XX 297, XXII 10, (Cape York) Rasmussen III 124, 297, 211, (Greenland) Rink 193, (Bering Strait) Nelson RBAE XVIII 493, (West Greenland) Rasmussen II 96, 184, (East Greenland) Rasmussen I 184; Africa (Ba Ronga): Einstein 249. |
| D182.1 | Transformation: man to bee. Chinese: Werner 363; Indonesian: Dixon 219f.; Africa (Basuto): Jacottet 220 No. 32. |
| D184.1 | Transformation: man to beetle. |
| D161 | Transformation: man to bird of anatidae group (duck). |
| D154 | Transformation: man to bird—charadriiform. |
| D155 | Transformation: man to bird—ciconiiform. |
| D153 | Transformation: man to bird—coraciiform. |
| D152 | Transformation: man to bird—falconiform. |
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