Transformation: man to dolphin

Motif

Transformation: man to dolphin.

Magic. · Transformation. · Transformation: man to animal. · Transformation: man to mammal. · Transformation: man to wild beast (mammal). · view the constellation · filed as D127.5

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Greco-Roman The Metamorphoses of Ovid , Book 3

Filed across the traditions

Icelandic Boberg
Greek Grote I 32, 45, 70x, 178 (Apollo), Frazer Apollodorus I 333 n. 1. → on our shelf: The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK III, ch. V

Within the index

Filed under Transformation: man to sea mammal.

Filed beside it

Transformation: man to seal Transformation: man to otter Transformation: man to whale Transformation: man to walrus Transformation: man to porpoise. Marquesas: Handy 92; Tonga: Gifford 77

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Sphinx. Has face of woman, body and tail of lion, wings of bird Tabu: killing sacred dragon. (Cf. B11.) Transformation to animal for breaking tabu Transformation: oars and masts to serpents Transformation as punishment Journey to upper world. Most references for F0 discuss this motif Man kills son thinking that he is cutting a branch Women, driven mad, devour their infants' flesh Mother kills son thinking him a wild beast Punishment: drawing asunder by horses. (Cf. Q469.12.) Cowherd rescues abandoned child Child's ankles pierced before exposing him

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