Man calls wife "my swallow"; she becomes swallow. (Cf. A1917.)
Magic. · Transformation. · Means of transformation. · Transformation by breaking tabu. · view the constellation · filed as D511.1
Motif
Cited in the index
- general Dh III 414.
Within the index
Filed under Transformation by breaking name tabu. (Cf. C430.)
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
ask the rhapsode about this motif · search the shelf for “swallow” · wander