μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif

Periodic transformation. A person or thing is transformed at definite intervals.

Magic. · Transformation. · Miscellaneous transformation incidents. · Periodic transformation. · view the constellation · filed as D620

Filed across the traditions
  • Icelandic Völsunga saga ch. 8–9, Boberg
  • India Thompson-Balys
  • Indonesian Dixon 219f.
  • N. Am. Indian (Menomini) Skinner and Satterlee PaAM XIII 317
  • general *Types 432, 652
  • general *BP II 125
  • general R. M. Meyer Zs. f. Vksk. XXI 4. Irish myth: *Cross
  • general S. Am. Indian (Surinam): Alexander Lat. Am. 274, (Guaporé): Lévi-Strauss BBAE CXLIII (3) 379. – Africa (Angola): Chatelain 145 No. 15, (Mpongwe): Nassau 68 No. 15.
Within the index
4 finer motifs beneath it
Daily transformation Weekly transformation. See all references to C31.1.2. (Mélusine) Transformation every ten days Yearly transformation
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Periodic resuscitation. (Cf. D620.) Return to life at regular intervals
Carried in tale types

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