Man by day; animal by night — Mythoi

Motif

Man by day; animal by night.

Magic. · Transformation. · Miscellaneous transformation incidents. · Periodic transformation. · view the constellation · filed as D621.1.1

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Yoruba The Yoruba-Speaking Peoples of the Slave Coast of West Africa , Chapter 6
Depth Commentary Psychology of the Unconscious: A Study of the Transformations and Symbolisms of the Libido , Part II — CHAPTER IV

Filed across the traditions

Finnish Aarne FFC XXXIII 45 No. 71
Estonian Aarne FFC XXV 130 No. 71
Hawaii Beckwith Myth 135
Eskimo (Mackenzie Area) Jenness 52.
general *Taylor MPh XVII 59 n. 8. Icelandic: Boberg

Within the index

Filed under Animal by day; man by night.

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Transformation to snakes at night in order to sleep. (Cf. D621.1.1.) Done by otherworld people Cat's paw cut off: woman's hand missing. A man spends a night in a haunted mill, where he cuts off a cat's paw. In the morning the miller's wife has lost her hand. (Cf. D142, D621.1.1.)

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