μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Irish *Cross
  • Lithuanian Balys Index No. 3655
  • Jewish Neuman
  • India Thompson-Balys, Penzer VIII 141
  • Buddhist myth Malalasekera II 1205
  • Hawaii Beckwith Myth 349
  • Tuamotu Stimson MS (z-G. 13/52)
  • Maori Clark 50
  • Surinam Alexander Lat. Am 274
  • N. Am. Indian *Thompson Tales 347 n. 247, 248, (Canadian Dakota): Wallis JAFL XXXVI 90 No. 22
  • Eskimo (Labrador) Hawkes GSCan XIV 152, (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 156.
  • general *Type 652
  • general BP II 121 (Grimm Nos. 76, 30a)
  • general Types 449*, 726*
  • general *Fb "hund" I 676b, "blod" IV 48a, "lys" II 483b
  • general *Dh II 101
  • general **Jijena Sanchez
  • general *Kittredge Arthur 170 n. 3
  • general Chauvin V 3 No. 2, *5 No. 443–Icelandic: *Boberg
  • general Korea: Zong in-Sob 64 No. 35
Within the index

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

3 finer motifs beneath it
Kynanthropy Men and women transformed to dogs by druidic spell Transformation: woman to bitch
Filed beside it
Transformation: man to horse 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 cat
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Marriage to person in dog form. (Cf. B635.4, D141.) Man reincarnated as dog. (Cf. D141.) Witch in form of dog. (Cf. D141.)
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Disenchantment by covering with cloth Magic results produced by wishing Recognition by unique ability to perform magic act
Carried in tale types

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