μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Petrification by glance.

Magic. · Transformation. · Means of transformation. · Transformation by various means. · view the constellation · filed as D581

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“As he was returning from the hunt, there met him heralds sent by Erginus to receive the tribute from the Thebans. Now the Thebans paid tribute to Erginus for the following reason. Clymenus, king of the Minyans, was wounded with a cast of a stone by a charioteer of Menoeceus, named Perieres, in a precinct of Poseidon at Onchestus; and being carried dying to Orchomenus, he with his last breath charged his son Erginus to avenge his death.”

The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK II, ch. IV · served from our shelf uncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

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  • generalThe Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK II, ch. IVThompson cites: Fb "öje" III 1167b. Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 152 n. 3 (Gorgon).
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Filed under Transformation by various means.

1 finer motif beneath it
Damsel whose voice turns her suitors to stone
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Transformation by jumping over. The person, animal, or object jumped over is transformedTransformation 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.)
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Devastating fox. Monthly human sacrificeNuptial tabu. Man and wife forbidden intercourse for definite timeTransformation: man to stoneTransformation to husband's (lover's) form to seduce womanMagic sandalsMagic capMagic cap renders invisible: tarnkappe. (Cf. D1067.2, D1361.16.)Magic sandals bear person aloft. (Cf. D1065.5.)Night magically lengthenedThree women have but one eye among them. Pass it around. (Cf. F513.1.1.)Three women have but one tooth among them. Pass it around. (Cf. F512.1.2.)Gorgon. Head turned about, scales of dragon, tusks of swine brazen hands, golden wings

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