The constellation
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
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
filed under
beneath it
- Enchanted person cannot move · D5.1 entry
- Enchanted person on bier · D5.2 entry
keeps company
- Magic hair · D991 entry
- Soul (or life) kept in special part of body · E714 entry
- Person with wings on feet (head) · F522.1 entry
- Labyrinth. Series of rooms so confusing that one cannot find the way out · F781.1 entry
- Treacherous daughter · K2214.1 entry
- Daughter pulls out father's magic life-containing hair. As soon as it is taken out he dies · K976 entry
- Child sacrificed to gain favor of gods · S263.2 entry
- Sacrifice to offended gods, who hold ship back · S263.4.1 entry
cross-ref
Thompson cites
- The Library (Bibliotheca) · BOOK III, ch. XV