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Stith Thompson Motif Index
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Stith Thompson's Motif-Index of Folk-Literature classifies recurring narrative elements in folktales, myths, legends, ballads and related traditional narratives. Each entry below gives Thompson's motif reference and the description recorded in the index.
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Mythological Motifs
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Animal Motifs
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Motifs of Tabu
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Magic
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The Dead
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Marvels
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Ogres
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Tests
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The Wise and the Foolish
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Deceptions
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Reversals of Fortune
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Ordaining the Future
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Chance and Fate
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Society
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Rewards and Punishments
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Captives and Fugitives
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Unnatural Cruelty
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Sex
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The Nature of Life
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Religion
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Traits of Character
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Humor
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Miscellaneous Groups of Motifs
| Thompson reference ▲ | Description |
|---|---|
| D0 | Transformation (general). *MacCulloch Childhood 149ff.; *Wimberley 275ff.; Sébillot Incidents s.v. "métamorphose"; Burton Arabian Nights VIII 270, S IV 329.—*Tibbals "Elements of Magic in the Romance of William of Palerne" MPh I (1903) 355ff.; *Easter: a Study of Magic Elements in the Romans d'Aventure (Dissertation, Baltimore 1906); *Hegar Hessische Blätter f. Vksk. XXVIII 110ff. —Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 251 n. 4 (Neleus); Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: *Neuman; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| D5 | Enchanted person. See also the entire section on transformation. No real difference seems to exist between transformation and enchantment. A bewitched or enchanted person may, however, retain his original physical form, but may be affected mentally or morally.—*Type 400; Gr. Nos. 93, 163; BP II 335ff.—Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 105 n. 1 (Minos); India: Thompson-Balys; Missouri French: Carrière. |
| D5.1 | Enchanted person cannot move. Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 294 No. 8. |
| D5.1.1 | Stepson cursed to stick in grave mound till pretty girl wants to substitute for him. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| D5.2 | Enchanted person on bier. Italian: Basile Pentamerone, Introduction. |
| D6 | Enchanted castle (building). Irish myth: *Cross; Missouri French: Carrière. |
| D7 | Enchanted valley. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D10 | Transformation to person of different sex. *H. Gaidoz "Du changement de sexe dans les contes celtiques" Revue de l'histoire des religions LVII 317ff.; *Chauvin VIII 43 No. 11; *Penzer VII 42ff., 223ff.; *Fb "menneske" II 577b, "kvinde" II 339b; *Brown JAOS XLVII 3; *Hdwb. d. Abergl. III 752; Irish myth: *Cross; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| D10.1 | Ogre has unique powers of exchange of sex with human being. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D10.2 | Change of sex after crossing water. McKay Beal III 139. |
| D11 | Transformation woman to man. *Types 406, 514; BP II 79ff., 87, III 84; Gr. Nos 71, 134; *Loomis White Magic 80; Irish myth: *Cross; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 165, No. 108; Eskimo (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 248, (Cape York) Rasmussen III 152; (Koryak) Jochelson JE VI 195, 323; Africa (Dahomé): Einstein 28. |
| D11.1 | Transformation: ogress to man. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D11.2 | Woman transforms herself into a bird and lends her female organ to a boy. He fails to return it and she becomes a man when she resumes human form. 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. |
| D12.1 | Transformation: god to giantess. MacCulloch Eddic 131 (Loki to Thökk). |
| D20 | Transformation to person of different social class. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D22 | Transformation: common man to exalted personage. |
| D22.1 | Transformation: common man to grand officer. French Canadian: Barbeau JAFL XXIX 17. |
| D22.2 | Transformation: man of low caste takes on prince's appearance, and transforms prince to take on his. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D23 | Transformation to artisan. |
| D23.1 | Transformation into a boatman. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "batelier". |
| D24 | Transformation to humble person. |
| D24.1 | Transformation: king to menial. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D24.2 | Transformation: king and queen to peasant and wife. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D24.3 | Transformation into a swineherd. Irish myth: Cross (D23). |
| D24.4 | Transformation: rich man to tramp. Smears hands and face. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| D25 | Transformation layman to professional man. |
| D25.1 | Transformation to doctor. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule. |
| D25.2 | Transformation into a cleric (monk). Irish myth: Cross. |
| D27 | Transformation into leper. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D28 | Transformation into giant. Irish myth: Cross (D29.1.) |
| D29 | Transformation to a person of different social class—miscellaneous. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D29.1 | Transformation into a churl (bachlach). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D29.2 | Transformation into juggler. Irish myth: Cross (D26). |
| D30 | Transformation to person of different race. |
| 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. |
| D40 | Transformation to likeness of another person. *Type 363; BP III 534 n. 1.—Wells 30 (Uther Pendragon); Icelandic: Boberg; Irish myth: *Cross; Italian Novella: Rotunda; India: Thompson-Balys; Jewish: Neuman; Greek: Grote I 80; Eskimo (Greenland) Rasmussen II 211, (Cape York) Rasmussen III 54; Africa (Fang): Tessman 141f. |
| D40.1 | Transformation to likeness of person whose shield one carries. (Cf. D1101.1). Norse: FSS 37, 38. |
| D40.2 | Transformation to likeness of another woman. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D40.2.1 | Transformation to resemble man's mistress so as to be able to kill him. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D41 | Humble man in guise of exalted. |
| D41.1 | Transformation to likeness of ruler. Man so uses the last of three wishes granted to him. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| D42 | God in guise of mortal. Irish: MacCulloch Celtic 56, *Cross; Greek: Iliad and Odyssey passim; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; Marquesas: Handy 109. |
| D42.1 | God transformed to giant with three heads and six arms. Chinese: Werner 236. |
| D42.2 | Spirit takes shape of man. India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 167, 169. |
| D43 | Transformation: mortal to guise of deity. Greek myth: Grote I 117; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 166f; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D43.1 | Animal transformed to a god. |
| D43.1.1 | Dog turned into a god. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D44 | Mortal in guise of spirit. Africa (Upoto): Einstein 142, (Buin) Wheeler 51. See also D47. |
| D44.1 | Transformation: man to angel. Jewish: Neuman. |
| D45 | Persons exchange forms. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D45.1 | Kings exchange forms and kingdoms for a year. Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 93; Irish myth: Cross. |
| D45.2 | Gods exchange forms. Irish: MacCulloch Celtic 56, Cross. |
| D45.3 | Two friends exchange forms. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| D45.4 | Girl exchanges form with sorceress in order to visit her brother and get a son by him. Icelandic: Völsunga saga ch. 7. |
| D47 | Transformation to likeness of monster. Irish myth: Cross (D94, D95); Icelandic: Boberg; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D47.1 | Mortal temporarily takes shape of demon. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D47.2 | Transformation: normal men to ogres. Become ravenous. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D47.3 | Transformation: princess to ogress. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| D49 | Transformation to likeness of another person—miscellaneous. |
| D49.1 | Dwarf assumes human form. German: Grimm No. 64. |
| D49.2 | Spirit takes any form. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D49.3 | Fairy transforms herself into a monstrous being with head of an ape, thin legs, sharp claws, fish scales and bristles. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D50 | Magic changes in man himself. Irish: Plummer clxxxiv (changes in form, complexion, height, and age). |
| D52 | Magic change to different appearance. Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman. |
| D52.1 | Transformation: man becomes hideous. Africa (Upoto): Einstein 130. |
| D52.2 | Ugly man becomes handsome. Samoa: Beckwith Myth 473. |
| D53 | Transformation in health. |
| D53.1 | Transformation to sick man. Icelandic: Sturlaugs saga 642; Africa (Boloki): Weeks Congo 200ff. |
| D55 | Magic change of person's size. Irish myth: *Cross; Eskimo (West Hudson Bay): *Boas BAM XV 361 (No. 34); Africa (Togo): Einstein 8. |
| D55.1 | Person becomes magically larger. Tobler 90.—Irish myth: *Cross; Jewish: Neuman; Latin: Virgil Aeneid VI line 50; Africa (Fang) Trilles 184. |
| D55.1.1 | Man magically stretches self to overcome cliff. Hawaii: Dixon 91; Melanesia: ibid. 91 n. 104; Micronesia: ibid. 91 n. 105. |
| D55.1.1.1 | Man magically stretches self to overcome opponent in battle. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D55.1.1.2 | Man magically stretches self to sink tent pole. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D55.1.2 | Transformation: person to giant. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 539; Eskimo: Boas BAM XV 314; Africa (Fang): Einstein 61. |
| D55.1.3 | Pygmy turns into a giant. Finnish: Kalevala rune 2. |
| D55.2 | Person becomes magically smaller. Irish myth: Cross; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| D55.2.1 | Dwarf contracts self to enter nostrils of cannibals. Africa (Zulu): Callaway 154. |
| D55.2.2 | Devil (troll) makes self small. *Fb "lille" II 428. |
| D55.2.3 | Giant changes to normal size. Micmac: Michelson JAFL XXXVIII 39. |
| D55.2.4 | Ten serving-women carried in bottle. They change size at will. Köhler-Bolte II 471ff. |
| D55.2.5 | Transformation: adult to child. Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 103, (Mackenzie Area) Jenness 40; Africa (Togo): Einstein 8, (Boloki) Weeks Congo 200ff. |
| D55.2.6 | Hero reduces in size small enough to get into mango seed. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D56 | Magic change in person's age. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D56.1 | Transformation to older person. Jewish: Neuman; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| D57 | Change in person's color. (Cf. D31.)—Jewish: Neuman. |
| D57.1 | Man transformed to green knight. *Kittredge Gawain. |
| D57.2 | Black man's color altered to white. *Loomis White Magic 81. |
| D57.3 | Hair and skin turn to color of gold. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D57.4 | Transformation to black man. German: Grimm No. 121, 137; Jewish: Neuman. |
| D57.5 | Transformation to person of rusty color. German: Grimm No. 136. |
| D61 | Magic appearance of human limbs. A boy has no hands and legs; his abandoned sister successfully commands them to appear or disappear. Kaffir: Theal 74. |
| D90 | Transformation: man to different man—miscellaneous. |
| D91 | Transformation: normal man to cannibal. Fb "blod" IV 48a. |
| D92 | Transformation: wild man to normal. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| D93 | Transformation: prince to old man. Type 431. |
| D94 | Transformation: man to ogre. Irish myth: Cross. Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| D96 | Transformation: normal man to ascetic. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D97 | Transformation: man to witch. (Cf. G200) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D98 | Transformation: children into horsemen. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| D102 | Transformation: devil to animal. *Kittredge Witchcraft 175 nn. 12—21, 29, 30; Missouri French: Carrière. |
| D102.1 | Transformation: demon to animal. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| D103 | Assembly or group transformed to animals. N. A. Indian (California): Gayton and Newman 98. |
| 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. |
| D112 | Transformation: man to feline animal (wild). |
| 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. |
| D112.1.1 | Village of lion-men. India: Thompson-Balys, Penzer I 67f. |
| D112.2 | Transformation: man to tiger. Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 67 n. 6; Chinese: Werner 266, 270; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| D112.2.1 | Wer-tiger. Like werwolf. (Cf. D113.1.)—India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham; Korea: Zong in-Sob 58, 71, 74, 79, 85, 89, 91. |
| D112.2.1.1 | When a wer-tiger is injured, similar marks appear on the human body of man who has possessed it. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D112.2.1.2 | Village of tiger-men. (Cf. B221.6.1.)—India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D112.3 | Transformation: man to lynx. Africa (Bushman): Bleek and Lloyd 97. |
| D112.4 | Transformation: man to leopard. India: Thompson-Balys; Africa (Mpongwe): Nassau 71 No. 15, (Angola): Chatelain 167 No. 15, (Wakweli): Bender 52. |
| D112.5 | Transformation: man to buffalo. Africa (Weute): Sieber 220ff. |
| D112.6 | Transformation: man to jaguar. S. A. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 61, (Eastern Brazil): Lowie I 397. |
| D113 | Transformation: man to canine animal (wild). |
| 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. |
| D113.1.1 | Werwolf. A man changes periodically into the form of a wolf. He is usually malevolent when in wolf form. **R. Andree Globus XXVII (1875); *C. T. Stewart Zs. f. Vksk. XIX 30ff.; Kristensen Danske Sagn II (1893) 227ff.; (1928) 148ff.; Lid Saga och Sed 1937, 3ff.; Odstedt Varulven i svensk folktradition (Uppsala 1944); **K. E. Smith An Historical Study of the Werwolf in Literature (PMLA IX, 1894); **E. O'Donnell Werewolves (Boston 1914); Summers The Werwolf (London, 1933); *O. Clemen Zs. f. Vksk. XXX—XXXII 141; *Kittredge Witchcraft 175 nn. 5—7; ibid. Arthur 169 n. 1; **Baring-Gould The Book of Werewolves (London, 1865); *v. Sydow Feilberg Festskrift 594ff.; **Jijena Sanchez; *Lévy-Bruhl La mentalité primitive 279ff.; *Frazer Ovid II 318ff.; *Fb "varulv".—Irish myth: *Cross; Norse: MacCulloch Eddic 291; Icelandic: *Boberg, Hrolfs saga Kraka 50, Volsungasaga 15, Sveinnson FFC LXXXIII p. liv; Norwegian: Solheпm Register 16; Finnish: Aarne FFC XXXIII 46; German: Wuttke Volksaberglaube 277; Dutch: Schrijnen Volkskunde I 97; English: Philippson Germanisches Heidentum bei den Angelsachsen 53, Child III 498a s.v. "werewolves", Wells 19 (William of Palerne); Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 323 No. 109, 325, No. 9; Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "loupgarou"; Gascon: Bladé Contes pop. de Gascogne II 360 No. 4; Estonian: Aarne FFC XXV 131f. Nos. 74—77, Eisen Esthnische Mythologie 31ff, Loorits Grundzüge I 311—320; Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 63 Nos. 160—178; Lithuanian: Balys Index No. 3671; Slavic: Máchal 228f.; Jewish: Neuman; India: Thompson-Balys; N. A. Indian (Okanagon): Gould MAFLS XI 98 No. 2; S. A. Indian (Amazon): Alexander Lat. Am. 301.—Africa: Frobenius Atlantis V 153, 165, VII 31ff, 56, XI 263, *Werner African 344; (Basuto) Jacottet 238 No. 35. |
| D113.1.2 | God (goddess) assumes form of a wolf. Irish myth: Cross; Greek myth: *Grote I 43. |
| 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. |
| D113.2.1 | Wer-bear. A bear-man like the werwolf. *Fb "bjørn" IV 43a; Fox: Jones PAES I 157. |
| D113.3 | Transformation man to fox. *Fb "ræv" III 113a; *Hdwb. d. Abergl. III 179.—Irish myth: Cross; Swiss: Jegerlehner Oberwallis 337 s.v. "Hexe", *302 No. 15, 307 No. 27, 32; Icelandic: Юorsteins saga Vik. 417; Missouri French: Carrière; Chinese: Krappe CFQ III (1944) 137; Korean: Zong in-Sob 19, 56; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 342 n. 233 (cf. B651.1); Eskimo (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 52, 56. |
| D113.4 | Transformation: man to jackal. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D113.4.1 | Transformation: deity to jackal. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D113.5 | Transformation: man to hyena. Africa (Ba Ronga): Einstein 266. |
| D114 | Transformation: man to ungulate (wild). |
| D114.1 | Transformation: man to bovine animal (wild). |
| 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. |
| D114.1.1.1 | Transformation: girl to deer (fawn) (by druid). Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D114.1.1.2 | Transformation: woman to doe. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D114.1.2 | Transformation: man to eland. Africa (Kaffir): Theal 87. |
| D114.1.3 | Transformation: man to hartebeest. Africa (Bushman): Bleek and Lloyd 3. |
| D114.1.4 | Transformation: man to buffalo. India: Thompson-Balys; N. A. Indian (Cheyenne): Campbell JAFL XXIX 407 No. 1; Africa (Weute): Sieber 229. |
| D114.1.5 | Transformation: man to musk ox. Eskimo (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 82. |
| D114.1.6 | Transformation: man to caribou. Eskimo (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 56. |
| D114.1.7 | Transformation: man to moose. Eskimo (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 40. |
| 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. |
| D114.3 | Transformation: man to swine (wild). |
| D114.3.1 | Transformation: man to peccary. S. A. Indian (Cariri): Lowie BBAE CXLIII (1) 559. |
| D114.3.2 | Transformation: man to boar. Loomis White Magic 80; Irish myth: Cross; Welsh: MacCulloch Celtic 187; Icelandic: *Boberg. |
| D114.3.2.1 | Transformation: god to boar. (Cf. D101.) India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D114.4 | Transformation: man to wild goat. Africa: Milligan 141. |
| D115 | Transformation: man to equine animal (wild). |
| D115.1 | Transformation: man to zebra. Africa (Ba Ronga): Einstein 262. |
| D117 | Transformation: man to rodent. S. Am. Indian (Toba): Métraux MAFLS XL 120. |
| 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. |
| D117.2 | Transformation: man to hare (rabbit). *Fb "hare" I 556, "blod" IV 48a; Irish myth: *Cross (D123). |
| D117.3 | Transformation: man to rat. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 17, 425f. |
| D117.3.1 | Transformation: man to bandicoot. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| D117.4 | Transformation: man to marmot. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D118 | Transformation: man to simian. |
| 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. |
| D118.2 | Transformation: man (woman) to monkey. India: Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Graham. |
| D124 | Transformation: man to wild animal—mustelidae. |
| D124.1 | Transformation: man to weasel. Fb "lækat" II 495a. |
| D124.2 | Transformation: man to ermine. Eskimo (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 36a. |
| D124.3 | Transformation: man to marten. Tobler 51. |
| D124.4 | Transformation: man to badger. Irish myth: *Cross (D117.2). |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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). |
| D127.4 | Transformation: man to walrus. Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 184, II 96. |
| D127.5 | Transformation: man to dolphin. Icelandic: Boberg; Greek: Grote I 32, 45, 70x, 178 (Apollo), Frazer Apollodorus I 333 n. 1. |
| D127.6 | Transformation: man to porpoise. Marquesas: Handy 92; Tonga: Gifford 77. |
| D130 | Transformation: man to domestic beast (mammal). |
| 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. |
| D131.1 | Transformation: merman to horse. (Cf. B82.) Fb "hest" I 599a. |
| 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. |
| D132.2 | Transformation: man to mule. Spanish: *Boggs FFC XC 86 No. 754 C*. |
| D133 | Transformation to cow (bull, calf, etc.). India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D133.1 | Transformation to cow. *Type 473; *Fb "ko" II 240b.—Icelandic: Boberg; Greek: Grote I 80; India: *Thompson-Balys; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 43, 52. |
| D133.1.1 | Nisser in form of cows. Fb "ko" II 240b; Kristensen Danske Sagn II (1893) 83ff., (1928) 63ff. |
| 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. |
| D133.3 | Transformation: man to ox. Cosquin études 512ff.; Norse: FSS 118f, MacCulloch Eddic 181; Spanish: *Boggs FFC XC 48, 63 Nos. 327D*, 453. |
| D133.4 | Transformation: man to calf. Fb "kalv" II 79; Irish myth: Cross. |
| D133.4.1 | God assumes form of calf. Irish myth: Cross; Jewish: Neuman; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 136. |
| D133.5 | Transformation: man to steer (bullock). German: Grimm No. 82a, 163. |
| 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. |
| D134.1 | Transformation: man to he-goat. |
| D134.2 | Transformation: man to she-goat. Hartland Science 247; Loomis White Magic 80.—Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "chèvre"; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D134.3 | Transformation: man to kid. Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 320 n. 4 (Dionysus); India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D134.4 | Transformations supernatural being into a goat. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D135 | Transformation: man to sheep. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "mouton"; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D135.1 | Transformation: man to lamb. German: Grimm No. 141; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| D141.0.1 | Kynanthropy. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D141.0.2 | Men and women transformed to dogs by druidic spell. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D141.1 | Transformation: woman to bitch. Irish myth: *Cross; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 241 n. 4 (Hecuba). |
| D141.1.1 | Transformation: girl to puppy. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| 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. |
| D142.0.1 | Transformation: woman to cat. Irish myth: *Cross. |
| D142.1 | Devil as cat. *Kittredge Witchcraft 178 nn. 37—44 passim. |
| D142.2 | God assumes form of a cat. Hindu: Penzer II 46, 197 n. 2; Tonga: Gifford 20. |
| 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 | Transformation: man to bird—passeriform. |
| D151.1 | Transformation: man to swallow. *Dh III 414ff.; Icelandic: Boberg; Korean: Zong in-Sob 65 No. 35. |
| D151.2 | Transformation: man to finch. Africa (Zulu): Callaway 119. |
| D151.2.1 | Transformation into snowbunting. Eskimo (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 220. |
| D151.3 | Transformation: man to nightingale. *Fb "blod" IV 48a.—Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 98 n. 2, Pausanias V 226. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| D151.6 | Transformation: man to titmouse. Livonian: Loorits FFC LXVI 90 No. 80. |
| D151.7 | Transformation: man to blackbird. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D151.8 | Transformation: man to sparrow. German: Grimm No. 68. |
| D151.9 | Transformation: man to magpie. Icelandic: Boberg. |
| D152 | Transformation: man to bird—falconiform. |
| 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. |
| D152.1.1 | Transformation: god to hawk. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| 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. |
| D152.3 | Transformation: man to vulture. Icelandic: Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys, Penzer VIII 142; Africa (Fang): Trilles 167. |
| D152.4 | Transformation: girl to falcon. Italian Novella: Rotunda. |
| D152.4.1 | Odin as falcon. Icelandic: Hervarar saga 82, 140, *Boberg. |
| D152.5 | Transformation: man to osprey. Irish myth: Cross. |
| D152.6 | Transformation: man to kite. India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| D153 | Transformation: man to bird—coraciiform. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| D153.3 | Transformation: man to hornbill. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D154 | Transformation: man to bird—charadriiform. |
| 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. |
| D154.1.0.1 | Transformation: god to dove. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D154.2 | Transformation: man to pigeon. French Canadian: Sister Marie Ursule; India: *Thompson-Balys; Maori: Clark 36; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G 13/52). |
| D154.3 | Transformation: man to snipe. Tuamotu: Stimson MS (P-G 13/10). |
| D154.4 | Transformation: man to gull. Eskimo (Ungava): Turner RBAE XI 262, (West Hudson Bay): Boas BAM XV 327. |
| D155 | Transformation: man to bird—ciconiiform. |
| 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. |
| D156 | Transformation: man to cuckoo. *Dh II 99, 101, 127, III 426ff.; Japanese: Ikeda. |
| D157 | Transformation: man to parrot. *Bolte Reise der Söhne Giaffers 209; *Penzer V 27ff., VI 60; India: *Thompson-Balys. |
| D161 | Transformation: man to bird of anatidae group (duck). |
| 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. |
| D161.2 | Transformation: man to goose. *Types 403, 450; *Fb "gеs"; Hdwb. d. Abergl. VII 1279f. |
| D161.2.1 | Transformation: man to gander. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| 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. |
| D162 | Transformation: man to crane. Fb "trane"; Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: Boberg; India: Thompson-Balys; Maori: Dixon 79. |
| D166 | Transformation: man to gallinaceous bird. |
| D166.1 | Transformation: man to chicken (cock, hen). |
| D166.1.1 | Transformation: man to cock. Fb "kok" II 248b.—Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. "coq", Missouri French: Carrière; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D166.2 | Transformation: man to peacock. Hindu: Penzer VIII 142; India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D166.3 | Transformation: man to turkey. Papua: Ker 107. |
| D166.4 | Transformation: person to ptarmigan. Eskimo (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 220, 302. |
| D169 | Transformation: man to bird—miscellaneous. |
| D169.1 | Transformation: woman to waterfowl. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D169.2 | Transformation: magician to paddy-bird. India: Thompson-Balys. |
| D169.3 | Transformation: man to toucan. S. A. Indian (Chiriguano): Métraux RMLP XXXIII 178. |
| D169.4 | Transformation: man to cassowary. Papua: Ker 90. |
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