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Motif

Daily transformation.

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

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“She walked the whole night long, and next day also without stopping, until she could go no farther for weariness. Then she saw a forest-hut, and went into it, and found a room with six little beds, but she did not venture to get into one of them, but crept under one, and lay down on the hard ground, intencliug to pass the night there. Just before sunset, however, she heard a rustling, and saw six swans come flying in at the window.”

Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 49 · served from our shelf uncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

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Scholars’ trail — 3references

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Within the index

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

7 finer motifs beneath it
One shape by day; another by nightAnimal by day; man by nightTree by day; man by nightUgly by day; fair by nightSize of object transformed at nightSheep by day; dog by nightYoung man issues from conch-shell every evening
Filed beside it
Weekly transformation. See all references to C31.1.2. (Mélusine)Transformation every ten daysYearly transformation
Travels with
Marriage to beast by day and man by night. (Cf. D621.)Sorceress marries a man every morning and transforms him to some kind of animal in the evening. (Cf. D621.)
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Tabu: speaking during certain timeTransformation through thoughtless wish of parentPerson restored to human form retains certain animal featuresDisenchantment by violenceDisenchantment by removing skin (or covering)Disenchantment by maintaining silence for a year or moreDisenchantment by physical contactWitch transforms person to animal. (Cf. D100.)Recognition of disenchanted person by ornaments under his skinTask: sewing a shirt from flower petalsQuest for lost brother(s)King (prince) lost on hunt has adventures

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