Transformation to escape from captivity — Mythoi

Motif

Transformation to escape from captivity.

Magic. · Transformation. · Miscellaneous transformation incidents. · Reasons for voluntary transformation. · view the constellation · filed as D642.1

Filed across the traditions

Finnish Kalevala rune 16 → on our shelf: The Kalevala, Rune XVI
Italian Novella Rotunda
Chinese Werner 366. → on our shelf: Myths & Legends of China, Chapter XIV

Within the index

Filed under Transformation to escape difficult situation.

Filed beside it

Transformation to escape death Transformation to escape lover Transformation to escape ambush Transformation to escape notice Transformation to escape ogress Transformation to elude pursuers. (Cf. D671, D672.)

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Tabu: drinking Boat made by magic Magic formula (charm) Land of the dead Descent to lower world of dead (Hell, Hades) River entrance to lower world Dead place net across river to prevent living man from returning to earth. (Cf. F105.) Dead oppose return of living from land of the dead. (Cf. F93.1.1.) Quest to lower world for lost words Quest for unknown magic words. Hero seeks them on the heads of swallows, the necks of swans, the backs of geese, and the tongues of reindeer

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