Weeping man turned into owl; still bewails sorrows

Motif

Weeping man turned into owl; still bewails sorrows.

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Various causes of animal characteristics. · Animal characteristics from transformation. · view the constellation · filed as A2261.5

Filed across the traditions

India Thompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Animal characteristics from transformation of animal.

Filed beside it

Shepherd transformed to bird still calls sheep: explanation of bird cries. Usually told of hoopoe and bittern. (Cf. A1952, A1965.2, A2275.3, A2425, A2426.2.3, A2426.2.4.) Spider transformed for greediness: now occupies dark corners. (Cf. A2433.5.3.) Catfish transformed from woman still carries women's tatoo marks Woodpecker transformed from stingy woman: therefore stingy Snipe messenger for warriors because he was a messenger when a man

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