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Transformation through wish.

Magic. · Transformation. · Means of transformation. · Transformation through power of the word. · view the constellation · filed as D521

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed
Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth Cross
  • Jewish Neuman
  • N. Am. Indian (Seneca) Curtin-Hewitt RBAE XXXII 398 No. 70, 409 No. 73, (Shasta): Farrand-Frachtenberg JAFL XXVIII 216 No. 6
  • Eskimo (Cumberland Sound) Boas BAM XV 172.
  • general Type 451
Within the index

Filed under Transformation through power of the word.

1 finer motif beneath it
Transformation through thoughtless wish of parent
Filed beside it
Transformation through magic word (charm). (Cf. D1273.) Transformation through song. (Cf. D1275.) Transformation through curse Transformation through greeting: first creature to be greeted will be transformed. (Cf. A1371.3.) Transformation by scolding Transformation through power of the word – miscellaneous

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