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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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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 ▲ |
|---|---|
| D169 | Transformation: man to bird—miscellaneous. |
| D151 | Transformation: man to bird—passeriform. |
| D150 | Transformation: man to bird. (Cf. B644.)—*Types 405, 432, 665; BP II 26ff., 69; Dh II 250 ff., III 406, 429ff.; Hartland Science 247; Chauvin V 87 No. 27; Cosquin études 516ff., 526ff.; Irish: *Cross, MacCulloch Celtic 75, 79; Icelandic: De la Saussaye 261; Greek: Fox 15, 16 (Ceyx and Alcyone), 70 (Procne and Philomela), Frazer Apollodorus I 70 n. 1, II 67 n. 6 (Thetis); Jewish: Neuman; Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 46 No. 77**; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham, Eberhard FFC CXX 48, 123ff., 125; Japanese: Ikeda; Korean: Zong in-Sob 64 No. 35; Maori: Dixon 79; Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 139, 151; Marquesas: Handy 55, 108; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 115; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (T-G 3/619); Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 148, 287, 327, Rasmussen II 14; N. A. Indian (Thompson River): Alexander N. Am. 137; S. A. Indian (Kiangon): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (1) 47, (Toba): Métraux: MAFLS XL 24, 26; Africa (Fang): Trilles Proverbes 202, Einstein 52, 55f. |
| D151.7 | Transformation: man to blackbird. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D114.3.2 | Transformation: man to boar. Loomis White Magic 80; Irish myth: Cross; Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 187; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| D255 | Transformation: man to boat. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "bateau". |
| D114.1 | Transformation: man to bovine animal (wild). |
| D112.5 | Transformation: man to buffalo. Africa (Weute): Sieber 220ff. |
| D114.1.4 | Transformation: man to buffalo. India: Thompson-Balys; N. A. Indian (Cheyenne): Campbell JAFL XXIX 407 No. 1; Africa (Weute): Sieber 229. |
| D268 | Transformation: man to building. |
| D133.2 | Transformation: man to bull. (Cf. B641.3.)—Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 299 n. 2 (Europa), I 256 n. 3 (Achelous); Persian: Carnoy 269; Hindu: *Penzer VI 5 n. 1; Chinese: Werner 359. |
| D182.1.1 | Transformation: man to bumblebee. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D186.1 | Transformation: man to butterfly. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 172, No. 113. |
| D133.4 | Transformation: man to calf. Fb "kalv" II 79; Irish myth: Cross. |
| D113 | Transformation: man to canine animal (wild). |
| D255.1 | Transformation: man to canoe. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 231, 478. |
| D114.1.6 | Transformation: man to caribou. Eskimo (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 56. |
| D171 | Transformation: man to carp. India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Werner 339. |
| D169.4 | Transformation: man to cassowary. Papua: Ker 90. |
| D142 | Transformation: man to cat. Types 402, 566; Fb "blod" IV 48a, "kat" II 108a; Taylor MPh XVII (1919) 59 n. 8.—Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "chat"; French: Cosquin No. 11; German: Grimm No. 130a; India: Thompson-Balys; Tonga: Gifford 20; N. A. Indian: Thompson CColl II 400 ff. |
| D192.1 | Transformation: man to caterpillar. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| D199.1 | Transformation: man to centaur. (Cf. B21.)—Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 413. |
| D192.2 | Transformation: man to centipede. Korean: Zong in-Sob 99 No. 54; Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 99. |
| D166.1 | Transformation: man to chicken (cock, hen). |
| D268.0.1 | Transformation: man to church. German: Grimm No. 51, 113. |
| D183.1 | Transformation: man to cicada. Greek: Fox 246 (Tithonus). |
| D166.1.1 | Transformation: man to cock. Fb "kok" II 248b.—Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "coq", Missouri French: Carrière; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D213.1 | Transformation: man to cockscomb plant. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D184 | Transformation: man to coleoptera. |
| D237 | Transformation: man to coral. India: Thompson-Balys; Tonga: Gifford 94, 100; Marquesas: Handy 106. |
| D175 | Transformation: man to crab. New Guinea: Dixon 138 (woman); Papua: Ker 21, 86. |
| D162 | Transformation: man to crane. Fb "trane"; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys; Maori: Dixon 79. |
| D183.2 | Transformation: man to cricket. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 127; Africa (Fjort): Dennett 52 No. 8 (girl). |
| D194 | Transformation: man to crocodile. (Cf. B642.2.)—India: *Thompson-Balys; Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 181, 401, (Kaffir): Theal 38, (Luba): DeClerq Zs. f. Kolonialsprachen IV 204. |
| D151.4 | Transformation: man to crow. Fb "krage" II 285b.—Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 63 No. 453; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| D263.5 | Transformation: man to crown. German: Grimm No. 51. |
| D156 | Transformation: man to cuckoo. *Dh II 99, 101, 127, III 426ff.; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| D174 | Transformation: man to cuttlefish. Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 67 n. 6 (Thetis). |
| D114.1.1 | Transformation: man to deer. (Cf. B641.2.)—*Type 450; *Fb "hjort" I 625, "hind" I 612, "blod" IV 48a; Irish myth: Cross; *Loomis White Magic 80; Icelandic: *Boberg; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese and Persian: Coyajee JPASB XXIV 182ff., Eskimo (Cape York): Rasmussen III 191; N. A. Indian (White Mountain Apache): Goddard PaAM XXIV 128; S. A. Indian (Tembe): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 140. |
| D90 | Transformation: man to different man—miscellaneous. |
| D185 | Transformation: man to diptera. |
| D251 | Transformation: man to dish. N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 300 n. 100. |
| D141 | Transformation: man to dog. (Cf. B641.1.)—*Type 652; BP II 121 (Grimm Nos. 76, 30a); Types 449*, 726*; *Fb "hund" I 676b, "blod" IV 48a, "lys" II 483b; *Dh II 101; **Jijena Sanchez; *Kittredge Arthur 170 n. 3; Chauvin V 3 No. 2, *5 No. 443—Icelandic: *Boberg; Irish: *Cross; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3655; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys, Penzer VIII 141; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 1205; Korea: Zong in-Sob 64 No. 35; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 349; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G. 13/52); Maori: Clark 50; Surinam: Alexander Lat. Am 274; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 347 n. 247, 248, (Canadian Dakota): Wallis JAFL XXXVI 90 No. 22; Eskimo (Labrador): Hawkes GSCan XIV 152, (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 156. |
| D127.5 | Transformation: man to dolphin. Icelandic: Boberg; Greek: Grote I 32, 45, 70x, 178 (Apollo), Frazer Apollodorus I 333 n. 1. |
| D130 | Transformation: man to domestic beast (mammal). |
| D154.1 | Transformation: man to dove. German: Grimm No. 130A; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 56 No. 408A*; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 180 n. 1; India: *Thompson-Balys; S. A. Indian (Chiriguano): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 178. |
| D199.2 | Transformation: man to dragon. (Cf. B11.)—English: Wells 103 (Alliterative Alexander Fragment A); Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D161.3 | Transformation: man to duck. Types 403, 434*; Fb "and" IV 12b, "fjer" I 301, "blod" IV 48a; Missouri French: Carrière; Eskimo (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 32a. |
| D152.2 | Transformation: man to eagle. Irish myth: *Cross; Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 97; Icelandic: Boberg; Finnish: Kalevala rune 43; Italian novella: Rotunda; Missouri French: Carrière; India: Thompson-Balys; Eskimo (Kodiak): Golder JAFL XVI 94 No. 8. |
| D173 | Transformation: man to eel. Irish myth: Cross; Polynesian, Melanesian, Indonesian: Dixon 55, 56 nn. 75, 76; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 21; Samoa: Clark 70. |
| D276 | Transformation: man to egg. Faroe islands: MacCulloch Eddic 151. |
| D114.1.2 | Transformation: man to eland. Africa (Kaffir): Theal 87. |
| D114.2 | Transformation: man to elephant. Hindu: Penzer VI 162; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 40; Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 247, (Benga) Nassau 184 No. 24, (Basuto) Jacottet 90 No. 14, (Fang) Tessman 118. |
| D115 | Transformation: man to equine animal (wild). |
| D124.2 | Transformation: man to ermine. Eskimo (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 36a. |
| D275 | Transformation: man to feather. Tahiti: Beckwith Myth 37; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 310 n. 117a. |
| D112 | Transformation: man to feline animal (wild). |
| D254.1 | Transformation: man to fiddle. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D268.2 | Transformation: man to figure on ridgepole of house. Maori: Clark 110. |
| D151.2 | Transformation: man to finch. Africa (Zulu): Callaway 119. |
| D285 | Transformation: man to fire. India: Thompson-Balys; Penzer VIII 219; Hottentot: Bleek 65 No. 28. |
| D184.2 | Transformation: man to firefly. Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 57, 85, 92. |
| D179 | Transformation: man to fish—miscellaneous. |
| D170 | Transformation: man to fish. *Types 555, 665; BP I 139; *Fb "fisk"; Chauvin 57 No. 222 n. 3; *Loorits Pharaos Heer in der Volksüberlieferung (Tartu, 1935); Cosquin études 516ff.—English: Child V 497 s.v. "stepmother"; Irish myth: Cross; Norse: De la Saussaye 261; Lappish: Qvigstad FFC LX 48 No. 75 D; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 122, Graham; India: *Thompson-Balys; Tahitian: Dixon 65; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth XXIII 204, 525; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G 3/1100); Marquesas: Handy 135; Easter Island: Métraux Ethnology 372; Tonga: Gifford 84; Eskimo (Kodiak): Golder JAFL XX 139; N. A. Indian (Seneca): Curtin-Hewitt RBAE XXXII 170 No. 32; S. A. Indian (Cashinawa): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 684, (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 52, 150; Africa (Madagascar): Renel I 94ff. |
| D258 | Transformation: man to fishhook. Easter Island: Métraux Ethnology 364. |
| D185.2 | Transformation: man to flea. Norse: Flateyjarbуk I 276; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D185.1 | Transformation: man to fly. *Fb "flue" I 315.—Icelandic: De la Saussaye 261f., *Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Werner 363; Gold Coast: Barker and Sinclair 42 No. 4. |
| D195 | Transformation: man to frog. (Cf. B643).—*Type 440; *BP I 1ff.; *Fb "frø" I 378, "blod" IV 48 a; Tobler 80.—Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3188, Legends No. 202; Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 97 No. 836A; Jewish: Neuman; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 289, II 390; Korean: Zong in-Sob V No. 2; Chile: Pino Saavedra 405; Africa (Bushman): Bleek and Lloyd 199, (Zulu): Callaway 211. |
| D211 | Transformation: man to fruit. *Type 652; BP II 121ff., *125; Penzer VII 130f., 161. |
| D166 | Transformation: man to gallinaceous bird. |
| D161.2.1 | Transformation: man to gander. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D185.3 | Transformation: man to gnat. Irish myth: Cross (D187). |
| D134 | Transformation: man to goat (he-goat, she-goat, kid etc.). Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; Greek: Grote I 238; Lappish: Qvigstad FFC LX 48 No. 75C; German: Grimm No. 163; Hindu: Penzer VI 56 nn. 1, 2; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| D161.2 | Transformation: man to goose. *Types 403, 450; *Fb "gеs"; Hdwb. d. Abergl. VII 1279f. |
| D221 | Transformation: man to gourd (calabash). India: Thompson-Balys; Indonesian: DeVries' list No. 155; Cook Islands: Beckwith Myth 268, 450f.; Africa (Basuto): Jacottet 262 No. 39. |
| D223 | Transformation: man to grass. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D154.4 | Transformation: man to gull. Eskimo (Ungava): Turner RBAE XI 262, (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 327. |
| D292 | Transformation: man to hair. *Charpentier 35 nn. 1, 2. |
| D117.2 | Transformation: man to hare (rabbit). *Fb "hare" I 556, "blod" IV 48a; Irish myth: *Cross (D123). |
| D114.1.3 | Transformation: man to hartebeest. Africa (Bushman): Bleek and Lloyd 3. |
| D257 | Transformation: man to hatchel. Fb "hegle". |
| D152.1 | Transformation: man to hawk. Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; India: *Thompson-Balys, Penzer I 84.—Eskimo (Ungava): Turner RBAE XI 263; S. A. Indian (Yuracare): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 504, (Mundurucú): Horton ibid. 294; Africa (Gold Coast): Barker and Sinclair 128 No. 22. |
| D134.1 | Transformation: man to he-goat. |
| D153.3 | Transformation: man to hornbill. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D131 | Transformation: man to horse. *Types 314, 502, 531, 726*; BP III 18ff, 94ff.; *Fb "hest" I 598; "æble" III 1136a, "blod" IV 48a; Tobler 44, 50, 80; *Malone PMLA XLIII 441 n. 25; Kittredge Arthur 170 n. 3; Cosquin études 512ff.—Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 329 No. 52; Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 40 No. 33, 45 No. 71; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 118, 120, 130 Nos. 25, 33, 72; Persian: Carnoy 269; Hindu: Penzer VI 5, 8; India: *Thompson-Balys; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 1205; Japanese: Ikeda.—Africa (Mpongwe): Nassau 68 No. 15. |
| D268.1 | Transformation: man to housepost. Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G. 13/276). |
| D113.5 | Transformation: man to hyena. Africa (Ba Ronga): Einstein 266. |
| D182 | Transformation: man to hymoptera. |
| D197.1 | Transformation: man to iguana. S. A. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 66. |
| D180 | Transformation: man to insect. Cosquin études 527ff.; Irish: *MacCulloch Celtic 79ff.; Chinese: Werner 363, Eberhard FFC CXX 127; Eskimo (Aleut): Golder JAFL XVIII 220; Africa (Wachaga): Gutman 34. |
| D113.4 | Transformation: man to jackal. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D112.6 | Transformation: man to jaguar. S. A. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 61, (Eastern Brazil): Lowie I 397. |
| D134.3 | Transformation: man to kid. Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 320 n. 4 (Dionysus); India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D152.6 | Transformation: man to kite. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| D135.1 | Transformation: man to lamb. German: Grimm No. 141; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D271.1 | Transformation: man to lard. Africa (Basuto): Jacottet 262 No. 39. |
| D112.4 | Transformation: man to leopard. India: Thompson-Balys; Africa (Mpongwe): Nassau 71 No. 15, (Angola): Chatelain 167 No. 15, (Wakweli): Bender 52. |
| D186 | Transformation: man to lepidoptera. |
| D281.2 | Transformation: man to lightning. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D112.1 | Transformation: man to lion. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Bуsa saga 91; Spanish: *Boggs FFC XC 62 No. 451; Missouri French: Carrière; Jewish: Neuman. —Africa (Hottentot): Bleek 57 No. 25, (Angola): Chatelain 245 No. 47. |
| D197 | Transformation: man to lizard. S. A. Indian (Warrau): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 146. |
| D216 | Transformation: man to log. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 100; Menomini: Skinner and Satterlee PaAM XIII 317; Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 60; Missouri French: Carrière. |
| D112.3 | Transformation: man to lynx. Africa (Bushman): Bleek and Lloyd 97. |
| D151.9 | Transformation: man to magpie. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D214.2 | Transformation: man to maize. Africa (Luba): DeClerq Zs. f. Kolonialsprachen IV 207. |
| D250 | Transformation: man to manufactured object. |
| D231.2 | Transformation: man to marble column. *Type 707; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| D117.4 | Transformation: man to marmot. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D124.3 | Transformation: man to marten. Tobler 51. |
| D265 | Transformation: man to mat. Africa (Gold Coast): Barker and Sinclair 127 No. 22. |
| D271 | Transformation: man to meat. |
| D231.1 | Transformation: man to millstone. Africa (Zulu): Callaway 27. |
| D114.1.7 | Transformation: man to moose. Eskimo (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 40. |
| D287 | Transformation: man to mound. Africa (Bondei): Woodward FL XXXVI 367ff. No. 12. |
| D291 | Transformation: man to mountain. Africa (Bakuba): Einstein 160. |
| D117.1 | Transformation: man to mouse. *Fb "mus" II 631b; Dh I 258ff. (cf. C12.5.1); Type 545 A, B (BP I 325, III 487).—Irish myth: Cross; Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 102; Spanish Exempla: Keller; India: *Thompson-Balys, Panchatantra III 13 (tr. Ryder) 353; Africa (Ba Ronga): Einstein 249. |
| D132.2 | Transformation: man to mule. Spanish: *Boggs FFC XC 86 No. 754 C*. |
| D254 | Transformation: man to musical instrument. |
| D114.1.5 | Transformation: man to musk ox. Eskimo (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 82. |
| D263.2 | Transformation: man to necklace. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D253 | Transformation: man to needle. Africa (Gold Coast): Barker and Sinclair 127 No. 22. |
| D151.3 | Transformation: man to nightingale. *Fb "blod" IV 48a.—Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 98 n. 2, Pausanias V 226. |
| D222 | Transformation: man to nut. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D270 | Transformation: man to object—miscellaneous. |
| D200 | Transformation: man to object. Burton Nights I 69, 163, IX 318, S V 247f.; Tawney I 232, II 363; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D283.5 | Transformation: man to ocean wave. Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G 13/249); Maori: Beckwith Myth 318. |
| D94 | Transformation: man to ogre. Irish myth: Cross. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| D242 | Transformation: man to oil. Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 61. |
| D263 | Transformation: man to ornament. |
| D183 | Transformation: man to orthoptera. |
| D152.5 | Transformation: man to osprey. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D199 | Transformation: man to other animals than those already treated. |
| D127.2 | Transformation: man to otter. Irish myth: Cross; Icelandic: Völsunga Saga ch. 14; Eskimo (Aleut): Golder JAFL XVIII 221, (Kodiak): Golder JAFL XX 139. |
| D153.2 | Transformation: man to owl. (Cf. A1710, A1958).—Dh II 123; *Fb "ugle" III 964b.—Irish myth: *Cross; Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 97; India: Thompson-Balys; S. A. Indian (Chibcha): Kroeber BBAE CXLIII (2) 908. |
| D133.3 | Transformation: man to ox. Cosquin études 512ff.; Norse: FSS 118f, MacCulloch Eddic 181; Spanish: *Boggs FFC XC 48, 63 Nos. 327D*, 453. |
| D157 | Transformation: man to parrot. *Bolte Reise der Söhne Giaffers 209; *Penzer V 27ff., VI 60; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| D211.6 | Transformation: man to peach. Chinese: Graham. |
| D166.2 | Transformation: man to peacock. Hindu: Penzer VIII 142; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D222.1 | Transformation: man to peanut. Africa: Weeks Jungle 462. |
| D215.2 | Transformation: man to pear tree. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "poirier". |
| D114.3.1 | Transformation: man to peccary. S. A. Indian (Cariri): Lowie BBAE CXLIII (1) 559. |
| D266 | Transformation: man to pick-handle. Africa (Basuto): Jacottet 262 No. 39, (Congo): Weeks 200 No. 1. |
| D154.2 | Transformation: man to pigeon. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule; India: *Thompson-Balys; Maori: Clark 36; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G 13/52). |
| D179.2 | Transformation: man to pike. Icelandic: Völsunga saga ch. 14. |
| D287.2 | Transformation: man to pillar of earth. Africa (Loango): Pechuël-Loesche 110. |
| D213 | Transformation: man to plant. |
| D213.6 | Transformation: man to plantain stalk. Africa (Bulu): Krug 121f. |
| D127.6 | Transformation: man to porpoise. Marquesas: Handy 92; Tonga: Gifford 77. |
| D252 | Transformation: man to pot. Africa (Basuto): Jacottet 240 No. 35. |
| D244 | Transformation: man to pumice. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 215. |
| D117.3 | Transformation: man to rat. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 17, 425f. |
| D151.5 | Transformation: man to raven. *Type 451; Fb "ravn" III 22b, 23a; Krappe Speculum XX (1945) 405—414; German: Grimm No. 93; Irish myth: *Cross; Koryak: Jochelson JE VI 14; Eskimo (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 177, 227, 229, 303. |
| D224 | Transformation: man to reed. Greek myth: Syrinx. |
| 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. |
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