Transformation by jumping over. The person, animal, or object jumped over is transformed

Motif

Transformation by jumping over. The person, animal, or object jumped over is transformed.

Magic. · Transformation. · Means of transformation. · Transformation by various means. · view the constellation · filed as D561

Scholars’ trail — 1 reference (open)

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

general American Indian (Zuñi): Parsons JAFL XXXI 243 No. 16, (Canadian Dakota): Wallis JAFL XXXVI 97 No. 26, (Cheyenne): Campbell JAFL XXIX 407 No. 1.

Within the index

Filed under Transformation by various means.

3 finer motifs beneath it

Transformation by rolling Transformation by somersault Transformation by jumping three times

Filed beside it

Transformation by bathing Transformation by encircling object thrice Transformation by smelling Transformation by touching Transformation by striking Transformation by sunlight Transformation by turning magic hood Transformation by throwing object or person Transformation by magic object Transformation by spell (charm) Transformation by crossing water Transformation by fumigations. Burning of magic perfume transforms. (Cf. D1245.) Transformation by being burned. (Cf. D1787.) Transformation by braiding hair Transformation by stepping in footprint. (Cf. D555.1.) Transformation by looking in a mirror

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