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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 |
|---|---|
| D183 | Transformation: man to orthoptera. |
| D183.1 | Transformation: man to cicada. Greek: Fox 246 (Tithonus). |
| D183.2 | Transformation: man to cricket. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 127; Africa (Fjort): Dennett 52 No. 8 (girl). |
| D184 | Transformation: man to coleoptera. |
| D184.1 | Transformation: man to beetle. |
| D184.2 | Transformation: man to firefly. Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 57, 85, 92. |
| D185 | Transformation: man to diptera. |
| 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. |
| D185.1.1 | Transformation: woman (fairy) to fly. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D185.2 | Transformation: man to flea. Norse: Flateyjarbуk I 276; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D185.3 | Transformation: man to gnat. Irish myth: Cross (D187). |
| D186 | Transformation: man to lepidoptera. |
| D186.1 | Transformation: man to butterfly. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 172, No. 113. |
| D190 | Transformation: man to reptiles and miscellaneous animals. |
| 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. |
| D191.1 | Lucifer as serpent. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D192 | Transformation: man to worm (often==snake). Irish myth: *Cross; English: Child I 315f.; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| D192.0.1 | Transformation: demon (in human form) to worm. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D192.1 | Transformation: man to caterpillar. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| D192.2 | Transformation: man to centipede. Korean: Zong in-Sob 99 No. 54; Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 99. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| D194.0.1 | Wer-crocodile. Africa (Ekoi): Talbot 401. |
| D194.1 | Transformation: man to alligator. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| D197 | Transformation: man to lizard. S. A. Indian (Warrau): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 146. |
| D197.1 | Transformation: man to iguana. S. A. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 66. |
| D198 | Transformation: man to snail. India: Thompson-Balys; Korean: Zong in-Sob 30 No. 13; Africa: Milligan 95. |
| D199 | Transformation: man to other animals than those already treated. |
| D199.1 | Transformation: man to centaur. (Cf. B21.)—Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 413. |
| D199.2 | Transformation: man to dragon. (Cf. B11.)—English: Wells 103 (Alliterative Alexander Fragment A); Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D199.2.1 | Magician fights as dragon. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| D199.3 | Transformation: woman to siren. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D200 | Transformation: man to object. Burton Nights I 69, 163, IX 318, S V 247f.; Tawney I 232, II 363; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D210 | Transformation: man to vegetable form. |
| D210.1 | Plants as transformed bodies of gods. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 93. |
| D211 | Transformation: man to fruit. *Type 652; BP II 121ff., *125; Penzer VII 130f., 161. |
| D211.1 | Transformation: man (woman) to orange. *Type 408; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D211.2 | Transformation: man (woman) to pomegranate. *Type 408; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| D211.3 | Transformation: woman (man) to belfruit. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D211.4 | Transformation: man (woman) to mango. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D211.5 | Transformation: man to apple. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges. |
| D211.6 | Transformation: man to peach. Chinese: Graham. |
| 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. |
| D212.1 | Transformation: man (woman) to carnation. *Type 652. |
| D212.2 | Transformation: man (woman) to rose. *Fb "rose" III 80a; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D212.3 | Transformation: woman to lotus. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| D213 | Transformation: man to plant. |
| D213.1 | Transformation: man to cockscomb plant. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D213.2 | Transformation: man to rosebush. German: Grimm Nos. 51, 113. |
| D213.3 | Transformation: man to turmeric plant. Easter Island: Métraux Ethnology 365. |
| D213.4 | Transformation: man to vine. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 93, 99. |
| D213.5 | Transformation: man to thorns. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 23. |
| D213.6 | Transformation: man to plantain stalk. Africa (Bulu): Krug 121f. |
| D214 | Transformation to grain. |
| D214.1 | Transformation: man to rice-grain. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D214.2 | Transformation: man to maize. Africa (Luba): DeClerq Zs. f. Kolonialsprachen IV 207. |
| 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. |
| D215.1 | Transformation: man (woman) to laurel. Greek: Fox 181 (Daphne). |
| D215.2 | Transformation: man to pear tree. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "poirier". |
| D215.3 | Transformation: man (woman) to ash tree. Fb "rön" III 125a. |
| D215.4 | Transformation: man (woman) to linden tree. Fb "lind" II 432b. |
| D215.5 | Transformation: man to apple tree. Hdwb. d. Märchens s.v. "Apfel" n. 27. |
| D215.6 | Transformation: man (woman) to mulberry tree. Hindu: Penzer VI 26 n. 3; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 84. |
| D215.7 | Transformation: man (woman) to almond tree. Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 262 n. 2. |
| D215.8 | Transformation: man (woman) to mango tree. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D216 | Transformation: man to log. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 100; Menomini: Skinner and Satterlee PaAM XIII 317; Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 60; Missouri French: Carrière. |
| D217 | Transformation: man to stick. Africa (Hausa): Equilbecq II 171ff. |
| D218 | Transformation: man to sheaf of grain. |
| D218.1 | Transformation: man (woman) to paddy-sheaf. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| 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. |
| D222 | Transformation: man to nut. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D222.1 | Transformation: man to peanut. Africa: Weeks Jungle 462. |
| D223 | Transformation: man to grass. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D224 | Transformation: man to reed. Greek myth: Syrinx. |
| D225 | Transformation: man to seaweed. Eskimo (Greenland): Holm 13. |
| D230 | Transformation: man to a mineral form. |
| 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. |
| D231.1 | Transformation: man to millstone. Africa (Zulu): Callaway 27. |
| D231.2 | Transformation: man to marble column. *Type 707; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| D231.2.1 | Mass transformation of wedding party to marble statues, etc. 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. |
| D235 | Transformation: man (woman) to golden object. |
| D235.1 | Transformation: man (god) to shower of gold. Greek: Fox 33 (Zeus). |
| D235.2 | Transformation: woman to golden stool. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D237 | Transformation: man to coral. India: Thompson-Balys; Tonga: Gifford 94, 100; Marquesas: Handy 106. |
| D241 | Transformation: man to salt. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D242 | Transformation: man to oil. Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 61. |
| D244 | Transformation: man to pumice. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 215. |
| D250 | Transformation: man to manufactured object. |
| D251 | Transformation: man to dish. N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 300 n. 100. |
| D251.1 | Transformation: man to saucepan. Africa (Congo): Weeks 200 No. 1. |
| D252 | Transformation: man to pot. Africa (Basuto): Jacottet 240 No. 35. |
| D253 | Transformation: man to needle. Africa (Gold Coast): Barker and Sinclair 127 No. 22. |
| D254 | Transformation: man to musical instrument. |
| D254.1 | Transformation: man to fiddle. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D255 | Transformation: man to boat. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "bateau". |
| D255.1 | Transformation: man to canoe. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 231, 478. |
| D256 | Transformation: man to wheel. *Fb "hjul". |
| D257 | Transformation: man to hatchel. Fb "hegle". |
| D258 | Transformation: man to fishhook. Easter Island: Métraux Ethnology 364. |
| D261 | Transformation: man to altar. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "autel". |
| D263 | Transformation: man to ornament. |
| 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. |
| D263.2 | Transformation: man to necklace. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D263.3 | Transformation: man (girl) to comb. Hindu: Penzer VII 239. |
| D263.4 | Transformation: man to beads. Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 60. |
| D263.5 | Transformation: man to crown. German: Grimm No. 51. |
| D264 | Transformation: man (woman) to skein of silk. Fb "silke" III 204a. |
| D265 | Transformation: man to mat. Africa (Gold Coast): Barker and Sinclair 127 No. 22. |
| D266 | Transformation: man to pick-handle. Africa (Basuto): Jacottet 262 No. 39, (Congo): Weeks 200 No. 1. |
| D268 | Transformation: man to building. |
| D268.0.1 | Transformation: man to church. German: Grimm No. 51, 113. |
| D268.1 | Transformation: man to housepost. Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G. 13/276). |
| D268.2 | Transformation: man to figure on ridgepole of house. Maori: Clark 110. |
| D270 | Transformation: man to object—miscellaneous. |
| D271 | Transformation: man to meat. |
| D271.1 | Transformation: man to lard. Africa (Basuto): Jacottet 262 No. 39. |
| D275 | Transformation: man to feather. Tahiti: Beckwith Myth 37; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 310 n. 117a. |
| D276 | Transformation: man to egg. Faroe islands: MacCulloch Eddic 151. |
| D281 | Transformation: man to storm. Hottentot: Bleek 65 No. 28. |
| D281.1 | Transformation: man to wind. Hottentot: Bleek 65 No. 28; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D281.1.1 | Transformation: man to whirlwind. Africa (Basuto): Jacottet 140 No. 20. |
| D281.2 | Transformation: man to lightning. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D281.3 | Transformation: man to thunder. Madagascar: Renel Contes de Madagascar I 94ff. No. 14. |
| D283 | Transformation: man to water. |
| D283.1 | Transformation: man (woman) to pool of water. Irish myth: *Cross, MacCulloch Celtic 60; India: Thompson-Balys; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 532. |
| D283.2 | Transformation to spring of water. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 17; Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 60. |
| D283.3 | Transformation: watersprite to flood. German: Grimm No. 181. |
| D283.4 | Transformation: person to seafoam. Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-D. 13/203). |
| D283.5 | Transformation: man to ocean wave. Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G 13/249); Maori: Beckwith Myth 318. |
| D284 | Transformation: man (woman) to island. Greek: Pauly-Wissowa: s.v. "Delos". |
| D285 | Transformation: man to fire. India: Thompson-Balys; Penzer VIII 219; Hottentot: Bleek 65 No. 28. |
| D285.0.1 | Transformation: god to fire. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D285.1 | Transformation: man to smoke. German: Grimm No. 163; Chinese: Werner 196. |
| D286 | Transformation: man to ashes. Hindu: Keith 115. |
| D287 | Transformation: man to mound. Africa (Bondei): Woodward FL XXXVI 367ff. No. 12. |
| D287.1 | Transformation: man to ant-hill. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D287.2 | Transformation: man to pillar of earth. Africa (Loango): Pechuël-Loesche 110. |
| D291 | Transformation: man to mountain. Africa (Bakuba): Einstein 160. |
| D292 | Transformation: man to hair. *Charpentier 35 nn. 1, 2. |
| D293 | Transformation: man to star. Jewish: Neuman; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (T-G 3/1005). |
| D294 | Transformation into puff of dust. Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G. 13/203). |
| D295 | Transformation: man to spittle. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D300 | Transformation: animal to person. *Goerke Ueber Tierverwandlungen in französischer Dichtung und Sage (Königsberg, 1904); Tawney II 138; India: Thompson-Balys, N. A. Indian (Plains Cree): Skinner JAFL XXIX 345 No. 1 (1); Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen III 205, Rink 450. |
| D310 | Transformation: wild beast (mammal) to person. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D312 | Transformation: feline animal to person. |
| D312.1 | Transformation: lion to person. Hindu: Penzer II 147; Africa (Angola): Chatelain 145, 147 No. 15. |
| D312.2 | Transformation: tiger to person. India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 62f. |
| D312.3 | Transformation: leopard to person. Africa (Mpongwe): Nassau 68 No. 15. |
| D313 | Transformation: canine animal to person. Chinese: Krappe CFQ III (1944) 26ff., 136f. |
| 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. |
| D313.2 | Transformation: wolf to man. Irish myth: Cross; Eskimo (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 76. |
| D313.3 | Transformation: bear to person. Korean: Zong in-Sob 3 No. 1; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 134, II 11, III 52, 86, Rink 196, (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 54. |
| D313.4 | Transformation: hyena to man. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D314 | Transformation: ungulate animal (wild) to person. |
| D314.1 | Transformation: bovine animal (wild) to person. Africa (Cameroon): Mansfield 235. |
| D314.1.1 | Transformation: antelope to person. Africa (Fjort): Dennett 71 No. 15. |
| D314.1.2 | Transformation: caribou to person. Eskimo (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 58, (Ungava): Turner RBAE XI 328f. |
| D314.1.3 | Transformation: deer to woman. S. A. Indian (Maroja): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (3) 448. |
| D314.1.4 | Transformation: gazelle to person. Africa: Weeks Jungle 450. |
| D314.3 | Transformation: elephant to person. Africa (Gold Coast): Barker and Sinclair 126 No. 22. |
| D315 | Transformation: rodent to man. |
| D315.1 | Transformation: rat to person. Saintyves Perrault 151ff. (to coachman); Type 510.—Missouri French: Carrière; India: Thompson-Balys; Africa (Duala): Lederbogen Africa V140. |
| 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. |
| D315.3 | Transformation: badger to person. Japanese: Anesaki 327. |
| D315.4 | Transformation: squirrel to person. India: Thompson-Balys; Eskimo (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 74. |
| 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. |
| D318 | Transformation: simian to person. |
| D318.1 | Transformation: monkey to person. Spanish: Boggs FFC XC 72 No. 557; Chinese: Werner 327. |
| D327 | Transformation: sea-mammal to person. |
| D327.1 | Transformation: otter to person. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 168. |
| D327.2 | Transformation: seal to person. Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 456. |
| D330 | Transformation: domestic beast (mammal) to person. |
| D332 | Transformation: equine animal (domestic) to person. |
| D332.1 | Transformation: ass (donkey) to person. German: Grimm No. 144. |
| D333 | Transformation: bovine animal to person. (Cf. D658.4.) |
| D333.1 | Transformation: bull to man. Am. Negro (Georgia): Harris Friends 81 No. 11. |
| D333.2 | Transformation: calf to person. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 33 No. 55. |
| D334 | Transformation: goat to person. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D336 | Transformation: swine to person. *Dh II 191f.—Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "cochon"; Missouri French: Carrière; Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| D336.1 | Transformation: pig to person. Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 116. |
| D341 | Transformation: dog to person. Irish myth: Cross (D343.1). |
| D341.1 | Transformation: bitches to women. Irish myth: *Cross (D343). |
| D342 | Transformation: cat to person. Fb "kat" II 108a.—Italian Novella: Rotunda; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| D350 | Transformation: bird to person. Tobler 79.—Irish myth: *Cross; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 49f.; Easter Island: Métraux Ethnology 373. |
| D352 | Transformation: falconiform to person. |
| D352.1 | Transformation: hawk to person. Eskimo (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 210. |
| D352.2 | Transformation: eagle to person. Africa: Milligan Jungle 100. |
| D352.3 | Transformation: falcon to person. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| D353 | Transformation: coraciiform to person. |
| D353.1 | Transformation: woodpecker to person. Africa (Shangani): Bourhill and Drake 43ff. No. 5. |
| D354 | Transformation: charidiiform to person. |
| D354.1 | Transformation: dove to person. Dickson 52. |
| D354.2 | Transformation: gull to person. Eskimo (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 216, 302, (Greenland): Rasmussen 219, Rink 451. |
| D357 | Transformation: parrot to person. S. A. Indian (Carajá): Lowie BBAE CXLIII (1) 516. |
| D361 | Transformation: swan to person. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D361.1 | Swan Maiden. A swan transforms herself at will into a maiden. She resumes her swan form by putting on her swan coat. (It is difficult to tell in most Swan Maiden tales whether the primary form is swan or maiden: the incident may belong at D161.)—*Type 313, 400, 465A; *BP III 406; **H. Holmström Studier över svanjungfrumotivet i Volundarkvida och annorstädes (Malmö 1919); Cosquin Indiens 348, 387, 391ff.; *Köhler-Bolte I 444; G. de Raille RTP IV 312; *Penzer VIII 213; Fb "jomfru" II 43, "svane" III 664a.—Irish myth: Cross; Spanish: *Boggs FFC XC No. 400A; Germanic: Grimm Deutsche Mythologie I 354, Krappe Mod. Lang. Review. XXI 66, MacCulloch Eddic 258ff.; Boberg; French: Sébillot France II 198, III 207; U.S.: *Baughman.—Arabian: Burton Nights V 345ff., VIII 31 n.; Persian: Bricteaux Contes Persans 97; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham; Japanese: Anesaki 258.—Indonesian: *DeVries's list Nos. 151—153, Dixon 64, 138 nn. 13—18, 207ff.; Polynesian, Melanesian: ibid. 64, 138 nn. 13—18; Australian: ibid. 294f.—N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 356 n. 284; *Hatt Asiatic Influences 94ff.; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 364, II 12, III 74, 199, (Central Eskimo): Boas RBAE VI 615, (Smith Sound): Kroeber JAFL XII 170, (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 179, (Kodiak): Golder JAFL XVI 95. |
| D361.1.1 | Swan Maiden finds her hidden wings and resumes her form. Types 400, 465A.—U. S.: *Baughman; India: Thompson-Balys; Korean: Zong in-Sob 22ff. No. 11. |
| D364 | Transformation: goose to person. *Dh II 191f; *Fb "gеs" I 528b. |
| D365 | Transformation: duck to person. (Cf. D361.1.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| 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. |
| D370.1 | Fish cleaned by girl becomes man. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D373 | Transformation: eel to person. Fb "еl" III 119Oa.—Tonga: Gifford 182; New Hebrides: Codrington 375; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G. 3/1295). |
| D375 | Transformation: crab to man. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D376 | Transformation: salmon to person. Irish myth: Cross (D374). |
| D380 | Transformation: insect to person. |
| D381 | Transformation: spider to man. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 168. |
| D382 | Transformation: hymenoptera to person. |
| D382.1 | Transformation: bee to person. Eskimo (Greenland): Thalbitzer Phonetic Study of Eskimo Language (København, 1904) 2. |
| D382.2 | Transformation: ant to person. Italian Novella: Rotunda; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 53 n. 5; Fox 121. |
| D390 | Transformation: reptiles and miscellaneous animals to persons. |
| 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. |
| D392 | Transformation: worm to person. Tonga: Gifford 25. |
| D395 | Transformation: frog to person. Tobler 77ff; Type 440.—Hindu: Keith 147; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 76, 78. |
| D396 | Transformation: toad to man. Chinese: Graham. |
| D397 | Transformation: lizard to person. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D398 | Transformation: snail to person. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 59f. |
| D399 | Transformation: other animals than those already treated to person. |
| D399.1 | Transformation: water-dragon to person. (Cf. B12.)—Chinese: Werner 233. |
| D400 | Other forms of transformation. |
| D410 | Transformation: one animal to another. India: Thompson-Balys; Jewish: Neuman. |
| D411 | Transformation: mammal (wild) to another animal. |
| D411.1 | Transformation: squirrel to another animal. |
| D411.1.1 | Transformation: squirrel to horse. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "écureuil". |
| D411.2 | Transformation: rat to another animal. |
| D411.2.1 | Transformation: white rat to white-winged elephant. Chinese: Werner 121. |
| D411.3 | Transformation: hare (rabbit) to another animal. |
| D411.3.1 | Transformation: hare to leopard. Ila (Rhodesia): Smith and Dale II 359 No. 12. |
| D411.4 | Transformation: antelope to another animal. |
| D411.4.1 | Transformation: antelope to dog. Africa (Fjort): Dennett 71 No. 15. |
| D411.4.2 | Transformation: antelope to goat. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D411.5 | Transformation: monkey to other animal. Chinese: Werner 331. |
| D411.5.1 | Transformation: monkey to eagle. Chinese: Werner 363. |
| D411.5.2 | Transformation: monkey to candle-moth. Chinese: Werner 365. |
| D411.5.3 | Transformation: monkey to ant. Chinese: Werner 366. |
| D411.5.4 | Transformation: monkey to ox. Chinese: Werner 351, 360. |
| D411.6 | Transformation: mouse to another animal. |
| D411.6.1 | Transformation: mouse to horse. Saintyves Perrault 151ff.; Type 510. |
| D411.6.2 | Transformation: mouse to cat. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D411.7 | Transformation: seal to another animal. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D411.7.1 | Transformation: seal to horse. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D411.8 | Transformation: fox to snake. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 228. |
| D411.9 | Transformation: gorilla to eagle. Africa: Milligan Jungle 100. |
| D411.10 | Transformation: bear to goose. |
| D411.10.1 | Parts of bears fall off and become geese. Eskimo (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 256f. |
| D412 | Transformation: mammal (domestic) to another animal. |
| D412.0.1 | Transformation: domestic to wild animal. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D412.1 | Transformation: cat to another animal. |
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