μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Transformation: man to animal.

Magic. · Transformation. · Transformation: man to animal. · Transformation: man to animal. · view the constellation · filed as D100

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • French Canadian Barbeau JAFL XXIX 13, 17
  • Missouri French Carrière
  • Hindu Penzer VI 5 n. 1, 40 n. 1, 56 n. 1, 2, VII 42 n. 1, 44 n. 1, IX 45
  • India Thompson-Balys
  • Arabian Burton Nights I 28, 35, 97, 126, 173, VII 83, 290, 296, 301, IX 310, S IV 329, 336. – Chinese: Frémine La Tradition Sept.–Oct. 1890
  • Indonesian DeVries' list Nos. 152, 153
  • Hawaii Beckwith Myth 141
  • Jamaica Beckwith MAFLS XVII 271 No. 84.
  • general *BP II 60, III 8f.
  • general *Dh III 284ff., 429ff., 446ff., 464ff.
  • general Cosquin Contes indiens 58ff.
  • general *Goerke Ueber Tierverwandlungen in französischer Dichtung und Sage (Dissertation, Königsberg 1904)
  • general Type 325
  • general *Chauvin VI 199 No. 371. Irish myth: *Cross
  • general MacCulloch Celtic 168
  • general Slavic (general): Máchal 229
  • general American Indian (Passamaquoddy): Prince PAES X 43 No. 9
  • general (Amazon) Alexander Lat. Am. 301
Within the index
3 finer motifs beneath it
Transformation: god to animal Transformation: devil to animal Assembly or group transformed to animals
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Ghost transformed into animal. (Cf. D100, E423.) Witch transforms person to animal. (Cf. D100.)

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