Person becomes larger

Motif

Person becomes larger.

Magic. · Transformation. · Other forms of transformation. · Transformation: object to object. · Size of object transformed. · view the constellation · filed as D486

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Germanic Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes , Tale 19 19.— THE FISHEEMAN AND HIS WIFE.*
Depth Commentary Primitive Culture: Researches into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Art, and Custom , Chapter VIII
Greco-Roman The Metamorphoses of Ovid , Book 1
Japanese / Shinto Kojiki: Records of Ancient Matters , Section 3
Indic The Mahābhārata , Book 13, Section XLVII

Within the index

Filed under Size of object transformed.

1 finer motif beneath it

Demon becomes larger

Filed beside it

Things miraculously stretched or shortened if needed by a saint Stretching objects Sea formed from giant's spittle. (Cf. D1001.) Transformation: stretching fingers to make ladder Animal becomes larger Houses magically made larger Objects made larger – miscellaneous

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