Transformation: man to tree.
Magic. · Transformation. · Transformation: man to object. · Transformation: man to vegetable form. · view the constellation · filed as D215
Motif
In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
- Greco-Roman The Metamorphoses of Ovid , Book 10
- Ancient Egyptian Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri , ANPU AND BATA. ANPU AND BATA.
- Depth Commentary Psychology of the Unconscious: A Study of the Transformations and Symbolisms of the Libido , Part II — CHAPTER VIII
- Greco-Roman The Library (Bibliotheca) , BOOK III, ch. XIV
- Greco-Roman The Metamorphoses of Ovid , Book 7
Filed across the traditions
- Hindu Penzer VI 25 n. 1
- India *Thompson-Balys
- English Child V 497 s. v. "stepmother"
- Chinese Eberhard FFC CXX 48
- Hawaii Beckwith Myth XII 101, 254, 478, 495, 532
- Philippine (Tinguian) Cole 193
- Eskimo (Greenland) Holm 13
- N. Am. Indian (Seneca) Curtin-Hewitt RBAE XXXII 489 No. 106, (Crow): Lowie PaAM XXV 45
- Africa (Fjort) Dennett 42 No. 6, (Basuto): Jacottet 68 No. 10, (Fang): Tessman 112.
- general *Type 442
- general *Fb "træ" III 867b. Greek: Fox 16
Within the index
Filed under Transformation: man to vegetable form.
8 finer motifs beneath it
Filed beside it
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Carried in tale types
- The Snake as Bridegroom (previously Bathing Girl's Garments Kept) · ATU 425M 2 recorded variants
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