Transformation to be picked up (caught)

Motif

Transformation to be picked up (caught).

Magic. · Transformation. · Miscellaneous transformation incidents. · Reasons for voluntary transformation. · view the constellation · filed as D646

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

Africa (Basuto)Jacottet 262 No. 39.

Within the index

Filed under Reasons for voluntary transformation.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Transformation to fish to be caught Transformation to child or pet to be adopted

Filed beside it

Transformation to reach difficult place Transformation to escape difficult situation Transformation so as to rescue Transformation to travel fast Transformation to test heroes Transformation to seek lost (or unknown) person Transformation to defeat enemies. (Cf. D615.)Transformation to receive food Transformation to steal. (Cf. K300.)Transformation to seduce Miscellaneous reasons for voluntary transformation

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