Transformation: man to tortoise (turtle)

Motif

Transformation: man to tortoise (turtle).

Magic. · Transformation. · Transformation: man to animal. · Transformation: man to reptiles and miscellaneous animals. · view the constellation · filed as D193

Filed across the traditions

Chinese Werner 324 → on our shelf: Myths & Legends of China, Chapter XIII
Hawaii Beckwith Myth 137.
general *Dh II 128. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s. v. "tortue". – India: *Thompson-Balys

Within the index

Filed under Transformation: man to reptiles and miscellaneous animals.

Filed beside it

Transformation: man to serpent (snake). (Cf. B642.1.) Transformation: man to worm (often = snake) Transformation: man to crocodile. (Cf. B642.2.) Transformation: man to frog. (Cf. B643) Transformation: man to toad Transformation: man to lizard Transformation: man to snail Transformation: man to other animals than those already treated

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

God with three faces Transformation to escape death Magic lotus-flower. (Cf. D965.6, D1641.15.) Magic fly-whisk Magic fly-whisk stops sword-thrusts. (Cf. D1287.) Magic wand breaks enemy's sword. (Cf. D1254.1.)

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