Beautification by boiling and resuscitation

Motif

Beautification by boiling and resuscitation.

Magic. · Magic powers and manifestations. · Manifestations of magic power. · Lasting magic qualities. · Magic beautification. · view the constellation · filed as D1865.2

Filed across the traditions

Greek Frazer Apollodorus II 156 n. 2 (Pelops) → on our shelf: The Library (Bibliotheca), APOLLODORI BIBLIOTHECA, ch. 33
N. Am. Indian *Thompson Tales 349 n. 258.

Within the index

Filed under Beautification by death and resuscitation.

1 finer motif beneath it

Girl becomes more beautiful as she is burned but her brother, who loves her incestuously, turns to charcoal

Filed beside it

Beautification by decapitation and replacement of head Face of pious girl becomes angelic at death

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Bag of winds. Wind is confined in a bag. Man breaks prohibition against looking into bag and releases winds Transformation: man to swine Transformation: woman to bitch Transformation: man to dove Transformation: man (woman) to almond tree Transformation by drinking Disenchantment from tree form by embrace of lover Moly: magic plant Magic lotus plant. (Cf. D975.1.) Magic drink Magic chair Lotus causes forgetfulness. (Cf. D965.6, D2004.3.)

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