μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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 rollingTransformation by somersaultTransformation by jumping three times
Filed beside it
Transformation by bathingTransformation by encircling object thriceTransformation by smellingTransformation by touchingTransformation by strikingTransformation by sunlightTransformation by turning magic hoodTransformation by throwing object or personTransformation by magic objectTransformation by spell (charm)Transformation by crossing waterTransformation by fumigations. Burning of magic perfume transforms. (Cf. D1245.)Transformation by being burned. (Cf. D1787.)Transformation by braiding hairTransformation by stepping in footprint. (Cf. D555.1.)Transformation by looking in a mirror

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