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Motif

Transformation: man to crocodile. (Cf. B642.2.)

Magic. · Transformation. · Transformation: man to animal. · Transformation: man to reptiles and miscellaneous animals. · view the constellation · filed as D194

Filed across the traditions
  • India *Thompson-Balys
  • Africa (Ekoi) Talbot 181, 401, (Kaffir): Theal 38, (Luba): DeClerq Zs. f. Kolonialsprachen IV 204.
Within the index

Filed under Transformation: man to reptiles and miscellaneous animals.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Wer-crocodile Transformation: man to alligator
Filed beside it
Transformation: man to serpent (snake). (Cf. B642.1.) Transformation: man to worm (often = snake) Transformation: man to tortoise (turtle) 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
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Marriage to person in crocodile form. (Cf. D194.)

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