μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Transformation: man to horse.

Magic. · Transformation. · Transformation: man to animal. · Transformation: man to mammal. · Transformation: man to domestic beast (mammal). · view the constellation · filed as D131

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Icelandic *Boberg
  • Swiss Jegerlehner Oberwallis 329 No. 52
  • Finnish Aarne FFC XXXIII 40 No. 33, 45 No. 71
  • Estonian Aarne FFC XXV 118, 120, 130 Nos. 25, 33, 72
  • Persian Carnoy 269
  • Hindu Penzer VI 5, 8
  • India *Thompson-Balys
  • Buddhist myth Malalasekera II 1205
  • Japanese Ikeda. – Africa (Mpongwe): Nassau 68 No. 15.
  • general *Types 314, 502, 531, 726*
  • general BP III 18ff, 94ff.
  • general *Fb "hest" I 598
  • general "æble" III 1136a, "blod" IV 48a
  • general Tobler 44, 50, 80
  • general *Malone PMLA XLIII 441 n. 25
  • general Kittredge Arthur 170 n. 3
  • general Cosquin Études 512ff. Irish myth: *Cross
Within the index

Filed under Transformation: man to domestic beast (mammal).

1 finer motif beneath it
Transformation: merman to horse. (Cf. B82.)
Filed beside it
Transformation: man to ass (mule, jennet, etc.) Transformation to cow (bull, calf, etc.) Transformation: man to goat (he-goat, she-goat, kid etc.) Transformation: man to sheep Transformation: man to swine Transformation: man to dog. (Cf. B641.1.) Transformation: man to cat
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Reincarnation as horse. (Cf. D131.) Witch in form of horse. (Cf. D131.)
Carried in tale types

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