μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Transformation: man (woman) to flower.

Magic. · Transformation. · Transformation: man to object. · Transformation: man to vegetable form. · view the constellation · filed as D212

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Hawaii Beckwith Myth 93.
  • general *Type 652
  • general *BP II 125
  • general *Type 407
  • general BP I 501, III 259
  • general Tobler 69. India: *Thompson-Balys
Within the index

Filed under Transformation: man to vegetable form.

3 finer motifs beneath it
Transformation: man (woman) to carnation Transformation: man (woman) to rose Transformation: woman to lotus
Filed beside it
Plants as transformed bodies of gods Transformation: man to fruit Transformation: man to plant Transformation to grain Transformation: man to tree Transformation: man to log Transformation: man to stick Transformation: man to sheaf of grain Transformation: man to gourd (calabash) Transformation: man to nut Transformation: man to grass Transformation: man to reed Transformation: man to seaweed
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Prince buys twig (flower) (enchanted girl) from her mother. (Cf. D212, D215.)
Carried in tale types

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