The constellation
D621 Daily transformation
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● motif
● tale type
● on the shelf
● attested
The same sky, in words
filed under
beneath it
- One shape by day; another by night · D621.0.1 entry
- Animal by day; man by night · D621.1 entry
- Tree by day; man by night · D621.2 entry
- Ugly by day; fair by night · D621.3 entry
- Size of object transformed at night · D621.4 entry
- Sheep by day; dog by night · D621.5 entry
- Young man issues from conch-shell every evening · D621.6 entry
keeps company
- Person restored to human form retains certain animal features · D702.2 entry
- Disenchantment by violence · D712 entry
- Disenchantment by removing skin (or covering) · D721 entry
- Disenchantment by maintaining silence for a year or more · D758.2 entry
- Disenchantment by physical contact · D782 entry
- Witch transforms person to animal. (Cf. D100.) · G263.1 entry
- Task: sewing a shirt from flower petals · H1021.9.1 entry
- Quest for lost brother(s) · H1385.8 entry
- Recognition of disenchanted person by ornaments under his skin · H61.2 entry
- King (prince) lost on hunt has adventures · N771 entry
cross-ref
Thompson cites
attested in
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 65