μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Creation of animals through transformation. (Cf. A1811.1, A1833.2, A1861.1, A1861.2, A1863, A1887).

Mythological motifs. · Creation of animal life. · Creation of animal life – general. · Creation of animals through transformation. · view the constellation · filed as A1710

Filed across the traditions
  • India Thompson-Balys
  • Chinese Graham, Eberhard FFC CXX 79, 96, 122f. No. 82
  • Calif. Indian Gayton and Newman 98.
Within the index
8 finer motifs beneath it
Animals from transformations after deluge or world calamity Creator sent for water: Meantime animals assume present forms Animals from various transformed objects Animals from transformed man. (Cf. A2005, A2011.2.) Animals from transformed ogre or giant Animals from transformed parts of the body (animal or human) Animals from parts of body of deity or saint Primordial animal mutilated to produce present form
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Cat from transformed eagle. Eagle mistakes stick of wood for fish and gets feet caught. Wind blows off feathers and makes hair. (Cf. A1710.) Wolf from man transformed by magician. (Cf. A1710.) Monkeys from children hidden by Eve when God visited her. (Cf. A1650.1, A1710.) Creation of monkeys: old woman thrown into fire. In unsuccessful imitation of Christ, the smith throws an old woman into the fire. She becomes a monkey. (Cf. A1710.) Creation of baboon Creation of elephant Creation of bat Creation of titmouse. (Cf. A1710.) Gull from transformed cat. A cat catches a strong fish with her claws. The fish carries the cat on its back to the sea, where the gull originates from the cat. (Cf. A1710.) Gull a transformed ravished maiden. While he is sleeping, the maiden the hero has stolen is ravished by another man. The hero thereupon turns her into a gull. (Cf. A1710.) Creation of hoopoe. Transformed shepherd. (Cf. A1710, A2261.1.) Woodpecker from devil's herdsman transformed. The devil strikes his herdsman so that he turns into a bird who continually calls after his beloved cow. (Cf. A1710.) Creation of owl. (Cf. A1710.) The owl is a baker's daughter who objected to the size of the dough put into the oven for Jesus when he appeared in her house as a beggar Bittern from Pilate transformed. (Cf. A1710.) Bittern from transformed shepherd. (Cf. A1710, A2261.1.) Origin of flea: from squirrel. (Cf. A1710.) Adder harmful to holy person transformed to blindworm. (Cf. A1710, A1730, A2231.7.) Origin of frog Crayfish from devil's fleas shaken off in water. (Cf. A1710.) Transformation: man to owl. (Cf. A1710, A1958)

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