Swan Maiden. A swan transforms herself at will into a maiden. She resumes her swan form by putting on her swan coat. (It is difficult to tell in most Swan Maiden tales whether the primary form is swan or maiden: the incident may belong at D161.)
Magic. · Transformation. · Transformation: animal to person. · Transformation: bird to person. · view the constellation · filed as D361.1
“Meanwhile the two children had seen their father coming, and had gone indoors to inform their mother. She, however, said that they were mistaken, for they had gone entirely too far for him ever to come. The children then told her to come out and look for herself, but she was so certain that she did not even do this. Soon the children came in again, saying that their father was coming, and again she refused to believe them or to look.”
— Tales of the North American Indians, Tale 76 · served from our shelf receiptuncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan
Attested across traditions
- North American IndigenousTales of the North American Indians, Tale 76 receipt