Transformation: man to bird. (Cf. B644.)
Magic. · Transformation. · Transformation: man to animal. · Transformation: man to bird. · view the constellation · filed as D150
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
- Irish *Cross, MacCulloch Celtic 75, 79
- Icelandic De la Saussaye 261
- Greek Fox 15, 16 (Ceyx and Alcyone), 70 (Procne and Philomela), Frazer Apollodorus I 70 n. 1, II 67 n. 6 (Thetis) → on our shelf: The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK I, ch. VIII
- Jewish Neuman
- Finnish Aarne FFC XXXIII 46 No. 77**
- India *Thompson-Balys
- Chinese Graham, Eberhard FFC CXX 48, 123ff., 125
- Japanese Ikeda
- Korean Zong in-Sob 64 No. 35
- Maori Dixon 79
- Philippine (Tinguian) Cole 139, 151
- Marquesas Handy 55, 108
- Hawaii Beckwith Myth 115
- Tuamotu Stimson MS (T-G 3/619)
- Eskimo (Greenland) Rink 148, 287, 327, Rasmussen II 14
- N. Am. Indian (Thompson River) Alexander N. Am. 137
- Africa (Fang) Trilles Proverbes 202, Einstein 52, 55f.
- general *Types 405, 432, 665
- general BP II 26ff., 69
- general Dh II 250 ff., III 406, 429ff.
- general Hartland Science 247
- general Chauvin V 87 No. 27
- general Cosquin Études 516ff., 526ff.
- general S. Am. Indian (Kiangon): Métraux BBAE CXLIII (1) 47, (Toba): Métraux: MAFLS XL 24, 26
Within the index
11 finer motifs beneath it
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Carried in tale types
- Little Brother and Little Sister · ATU 450 16 recorded variants
- Jorinde and Joringel · ATU 405 1 recorded variant
- The Three Oranges · ATU 408 1 recorded variant
- The Vanished Husband (previously Vanished Husband Learned of by Keeping Inn (Bath-house) · ATU 425D 1 recorded variant
- The Stolen Jewelry (previously The Stolen Mirror) · ATU 434 1 recorded variant
- The Man who Flew like a Bird and Swam like a Fish · ATU 665 1 recorded variant
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