Transformation by breaking name tabu. (Cf. C430.) — Mythoi

Motif

Transformation by breaking name tabu. (Cf. C430.)

Magic. · Transformation. · Means of transformation. · Transformation by breaking tabu. · view the constellation · filed as D511

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Filed under Transformation by breaking tabu.

1 finer motif beneath it

Man calls wife "my swallow"; she becomes swallow. (Cf. A1917.)

Filed beside it

Transformation by expressing astonishment at marvel Transformation by violation of looking tabu. (Cf. C300.) Transformation by plucking flowers in enchanted garden Transformation through excessive grief Transformation because of disobedience Woman transformed for nourishing an animal

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Name tabu: prohibition against uttering the name of a person or thing

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