Transformation: object becomes bloody

Motif

Transformation: object becomes bloody.

Magic. · Transformation. · Other forms of transformation. · Transformation: object to object. · Transformation: material of object changed. · view the constellation · filed as D474

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth *Cross.

Within the index

Filed under Transformation: material of object changed.

9 finer motifs beneath it

Transformation: key becomes bloody Transformation: water becomes bloody Transformation: cake becomes bloody Egg becomes bloody Transformation: butter (milk) to blood Tears change to blood Spittle changes to blood Fruit juice turns to blood Eyes of stone lion become bloody

Filed beside it

Transformation: object to stone Transformation: object to muck Transformation: object to wood Transformation: object to treasure (or vice versa) Food transformed Transformation: object becomes wine (or vice versa) Water changed to other substance (or vice versa) Transformation: miscellaneous objects change material

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Waters transformed to blood for Egyptians but not for Hebrews. (Cf. D474.)

Carried in tale types

Bread Turned to Stone · ATU 751G* 3 recorded variants

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