The constellation
D0 Transformation (general)
A constellation is one motif’s neighborhood in the record — the story-shapes filed around it, the tale types that carry it, and the texts where it is witnessed, every line a receipted link. Click a motif to travel. Click a text to read it. The entry · wander
● motif
● tale type
● on the shelf
● attested
The same sky, in words
beneath it
- 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 · D5 entry
- Enchanted castle (building) · D6 entry
- Enchanted valley · D7 entry
keeps company
- Seed mixed with blood as love charm. (Cf. D971.) · D1355.3.1 entry
- Transformation combat. Fight between contestants who strive to outdo each other in successive transformations · D615 entry
- Poison of hydra corrodes the skin · F1041.5 entry
- Two persons with bodies joined. Siamese twins · F523 entry
- Ascent to sky on cloud · F61.1 entry
- Remarkably strong man. (Strong John). (Cf. X940, X959.1.) · F610 entry
- Cycnus. Cuts off heads of strangers in order to build temple of heads · G315 entry
- Illegitimate child exposed. (Cf. S12.2.1, T640.) · S312 entry
Thompson cites
- The Library (Bibliotheca) · BOOK II, ch. VII