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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.
The index is large, so this browser displays 250 entries per page. You can search by motif reference or by words in the description, restrict the results to one of Thompson's main letter categories, and click motif references mentioned inside descriptions to follow cross-references. Individual motif pages also show any ATU tale types whose concordance explicitly cites that Thompson reference.
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 ▲ |
|---|---|
| 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. |
| D411.1.1 | Transformation: squirrel to horse. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "écureuil". |
| D315.4 | Transformation: squirrel to person. India: Thompson-Balys; Eskimo (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 74. |
| D421.5.1 | Transformation: stag to wind. Chinese and Persian: Coyajee JPASB XXIV 182f. |
| D439.5.2 | Transformation: star to person. Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 15 n. 2, 109. |
| D435.1.1 | Transformation: statue comes to life. *Type 945, cf. Type 165*; *BP III 53 n. 2; D. E. MacKay The Double Invitation in the Legend of Don Juan (1943); *Loomis White Magic 81; Hdwb. d. Märchens s.v. "Baum"; Köhler-Bolte I 531.—Greek: Fox 200 (Galateia); Finnish: cf. Kalevala rune 37; Germanic: MacCulloch Eddic 188; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "statue"; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. *701; Hindu: Benfey Panchatantra I 490; India: Thompson-Balys; Babylonian: Meissner Babylonien und Assyrien II 96; Semitic: bin Gorion Born Judas V 180ff.; Jewish: Neuman; Indonesian: DeVries's list No. 184, Dixon 200, *201 n. 38; Torres Straits: Dixon 142 n. 25; German New Guinea: ibid. 141; Australian: ibid. 274; Eskimo (Bering Strait): Nelson RBAE XVIII 479, 485, 497, (Central Eskimo): Boas RBAE VI 619, (Koryak): Jochelson JE VI 22, 286, 370; N. A. Indian: Thompson Tales 357 n. 287i, Hatt Asiatic Influences 97. |
| D454.15 | Transformation: statue to drinking vessels. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D435.1 | Transformation: statue to person. |
| D451.6 | Transformation: stick (log) to other object. |
| D451.6.3 | Transformation: stick to weapon. Africa (Loango): Pechuël-Loesche 109. |
| D441.7 | Transformation: sticks of wood to animal. Jewish: Neuman; Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 17, 33, 52, 58; S. A. Indian (Apapocuvú-Guarani): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 138. |
| D457.5.1 | Transformation: stolen meat to roses. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| D452.1.4 | Transformation: stone into jewel. Lithuanian: Balys Index No. *1670. |
| D435.1.5 | Transformation: stone lion to man. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 169. |
| D442.1 | Transformation: stone to animal. Irish myth: Cross (D449.6); Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 22; Eskimo (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 163, 228. |
| D452.1.7 | Transformation: stone to firebrand. Africa (Duala): Lederbogen JAS IV 71. |
| D452.1.8 | Transformation: stone to island. Tonga: Gifford 191. |
| D452.1.2 | Transformation: stone to mountain. Regular in D672, where references are given. |
| D432.1 | Transformation: stone to person. Irish myth: Cross; India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 69; Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 179. |
| D452.1.9 | Transformation: stone to pillow. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D452.1.3 | Transformation: stone to salt. *Loomis White Magic 81; Irish myth: *Cross (D456.3); Jewish: Neuman. |
| D475.3.3 | Transformation: stone to silver. India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham. |
| D475.4.1 | Transformation: stones into jewels. *Loomis White Magic 81; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D452.1.12 | Transformation: stones to dust. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D475.2.1 | Transformation: stones to gold coins. Tobler 71. |
| D452.1.6 | Transformation: stones to peas. |
| D452.1.11 | Transformation: stones to weapons. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D475.1.20 | Transformation: straw to gold. German: Grimm No. 55. |
| D441.9 | Transformation: straw to snake. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D482.4 | Transformation: stretching cliff. A cliff magically shoots up into the air. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "precipice".—Hawaii: Dixon 90; Calif. Indian: Gayton and Newman 76. |
| D485 | Transformation: stretching fingers to make ladder. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| D482.1 | Transformation: stretching tree. A tree magically shoots upward. —India: Thompson-Balys; Batak: Warneck Religion der Batak 50; Melanesian: Codrington 165.—N. A. Indian: Thompson Tales 332 n. 199; S. A. Indian (Mataco): Métraux MAFLS XL 35; Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 188, 306. |
| D476.2.4 | Transformation: sugar to ashes. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D361 | Transformation: swan to person. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D412.3 | Transformation: swine becomes another animal. |
| D336 | Transformation: swine to person. *Dh II 191f.—Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "cochon"; Missouri French: Carrière; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| D473.1 | Transformation: sword to wood. Chauvin V 173 No. 96 n. 1. |
| D457.18.1 | Transformation: tears to fountain. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D457.18 | Transformation: tears to other object. |
| D457.18.2 | Transformation: tears to river. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D454.4.1 | Transformation: thread to other object. Africa (Vai): Ellis 191 No. 8. |
| D421.4 | Transformation: tiger to object. |
| D312.2 | Transformation: tiger to person. India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 62f. |
| D421.4.1 | Transformation: tigress to mortar. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D396 | Transformation: toad to man. Chinese: Graham. |
| D447.5 | Transformation: toes of sorceress to dogs. Eskimo (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 248. |
| D457.14.2 | Transformation: tongue to flame. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D457.14 | Transformation: tongue to other object. |
| D457.8 | Transformation: tooth to ax head. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges; Norse: Herrmann Saxo II 596. |
| D447.6 | Transformation: tooth to fox. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 185. |
| D439.1 | Transformation: tow to person. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "filasse". |
| D449.3 | Transformation: treasure to ducks. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 196. |
| D441.1 | Transformation: tree to animal. Hdwb. d. Märchens s.v. "Baum"; BP I 146f. |
| D451.1 | Transformation: tree to other object. *Loomis White Magic 95; Africa (Loango): Pechuël-Loesche 109. |
| D431.2 | Transformation: tree to person. Irish myth: Cross; Jamaica: *Beckwith MAFLS XVII 263 No. 67; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 168. |
| D471.6 | Transformation: tree to stone. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D314 | Transformation: ungulate animal (wild) to person. |
| D434.1 | Transformation: utensil to person. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 169. |
| D436.1 | Transformation: utensil to person. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 169. |
| D441 | Transformation: vegetable form to animal. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D431 | Transformation: vegetable form to person. |
| D451.9 | Transformation: vegetable to other object. |
| D451.6.1.1 | Transformation: wand to bridge. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "pont".—Cherokee: Mooney RBAE XIX 319 No. 67. |
| D451.6.1 | Transformation: wand to other object. |
| D474.2 | Transformation: water becomes bloody. Loomis White Magic 78; Irish myth: *Cross; Spanish Exempla: Keller; Jewish: Neuman; Buddhist myth: Malalasekera I 358. |
| D477.1 | Transformation: water becomes wine. Fb "vand" III 1000a.; St. John 2:9; Grimm Deutsche Mythologie I 486; Hartland Science 69; Farnell Cults of the Greek States V 156; Wuttke Volksaberglaube (Berlin 1900) 66ff.; *Toldo VI 310ff.; *Saintyves Essais 206ff.; Günter 246 s.v. "Wein"; *Loomis White Magic 78; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; Spanish Exempla: Keller. |
| D439.3 | Transformation: water bubble to person. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D478.7 | Transformation: water changed into oil. *Loomis White Magic 78. |
| D429.1 | Transformation: water monster to Milky Way. Raratonga: Beckwith Myth 439. |
| D478.2 | Transformation: water to ale. Irish myth: *Cross (D479.4.1). |
| D478.13 | Transformation: water to brimstone. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D478.11 | Transformation: water to butter and cream. Buddhist myth: Malalasekera II 460. |
| D478.3 | Transformation: water to fire. Irish myth: *Cross (D479.4.2); Jewish: Neuman. |
| D478.5 | Transformation: water to honey. *Loomis White Magic 78; Irish myth: *Cross (D479.4.4). |
| D478.4 | Transformation: water to marvelous drink. Irish myth: *Cross (D479.4.3). |
| D478.6 | Transformation: water to mead. Irish myth: *Cross (D479.4.5). |
| D478.1 | Transformation: water to milk. Irish myth: *Cross (D479.4); Sébillot France II 213. |
| D475.2.2 | Transformation: water to money. Africa (Kpelle): Westermann Zs. f. afrikan., ozean., u. ostasiat. Spr. VI 161 No. 29a. |
| D478.12 | Transformation: water to rocks. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D399.1 | Transformation: water-dragon to person. (Cf. B12.)—Chinese: Werner 233. |
| D283.3 | Transformation: watersprite to flood. German: Grimm No. 181. |
| D454.9 | Transformation: weapon to other object. |
| D421.7 | Transformation: whale to object. |
| D421.7.1 | Transformation: whale to skull. Eskimo (Labrador): Hawkes GSCan XIV 155, (Greenland): Rink 128, Holm 44, Rasmussen II 18, III 84. |
| D451.2.2 | Transformation: wheat to barley. Irish myth: Cross (D462.2). |
| D31 | Transformation: white person to negro. (Cf. D57)—Chauvin II 183 No. 23; *Fb "jomfru", "hvid" I 700b, "sort" III 467b, "pige" II 816b.—Spanish Boggs FFC XC 57 No. 425; Jewish: *Neuman. |
| D411.2.1 | Transformation: white rat to white-winged elephant. Chinese: Werner 121. |
| D659.7 | Transformation: wife to mistress. Transformed wife substitutes for husband's mistress.—Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| D310 | Transformation: wild beast (mammal) to person. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D92 | Transformation: wild man to normal. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| D451.5.7 | Transformation: wisp of hay to bridge.—Maliseet: Mechling JAFL XXVI 251. |
| D441.9.1 | Transformation: wisp of hay to horse. (Cf. D451.5.7.)—Gering Islendzk æfentyri II 167; Grimm Irische Elfenmärchen No. 11.—Malay: Hambruch Malaiische Märchen 215. |
| D313.2 | Transformation: wolf to man. Irish myth: Cross; Eskimo (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 76. |
| D421.1 | Transformation: wolf to object. |
| D421.1.1 | Transformation: wolf to tree. Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 323. No. 108. |
| D185.1.1 | Transformation: woman (fairy) to fly. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D211.3 | Transformation: woman (man) to belfruit. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D141.1 | Transformation: woman to bitch. Irish myth: *Cross; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 241 n. 4 (Hecuba). |
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