Transformation to seek lost (or unknown) person

Motif

Transformation to seek lost (or unknown) person.

Magic. · Transformation. · Miscellaneous transformation incidents. · Reasons for voluntary transformation. · view the constellation · filed as D647

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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.

IndiaThompson-Balys.

Within the index

Filed under Reasons for voluntary transformation.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Faithful brother transforms self to deer to seek sister Transformation to eagle so as to scour country for lovely woman as bride for king

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 be picked up (caught)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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