μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Transformation: image of animal vivified. (Cf. D435)

Magic. · Transformation. · Other forms of transformation. · Transformation: object to animal. · view the constellation · filed as D445

Filed across the traditions
  • Chinese Eberhard FFC CXX 234
  • N. Am. Indian Thompson Tales 357 n. 287i.
  • general Dh. II 72ff. – India: Thompson-Balys
Within the index

Filed under Transformation: object to animal.

3 finer motifs beneath it
Image of horse vivified Images of parrots vivified Image of golden calf vivified
Filed beside it
Transformation: vegetable form to animal Transformation: mineral form to animal Transformation: manufactured object to animal Transformation: parts of animal or human body to animal Transformation: miscellaneous objects to animals
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Magic object vitalizes. (Cf. D445.) Transformation: image to person. (Cf. D445.)

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