Man looks at copulating snakes: transformed to woman. (Cf. D12.) — Mythoi

Motif

Man looks at copulating snakes: transformed to woman. (Cf. D12.)

Magic. · Transformation. · Means of transformation. · Transformation by breaking tabu. · view the constellation · filed as D513.1

Filed across the traditions

Greek Frazer Apollodorus I 364 n. 1. → on our shelf: The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK III, ch. VI

Within the index

Filed under Transformation by violation of looking tabu. (Cf. C300.)

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Transformation: man to woman

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Bird language learned by having ears magically cleansed Helpful horse Animals save person's life. (Cf. B540.) Tabu: revealing secrets of god Tabu: man looking at nude goddess Transformation: man to woman Sphinx propounds riddle on pain of death Riddle of the Sphinx: what is it that goes on four legs in the morning, on two at midday, and on three in the evening. (Man, who crawls as a child, walks in middle life, and walks with a stick in old age.) Zeus smites Capaneus while he is climbing a ladder Punishment for splitting head and eating man's brains Punishment: banishment (exile) Blinding as punishment

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