μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Filed across the traditions
  • Irish myth Cross
  • Welsh MacCulloch Celtic 189
  • Icelandic *Boberg
  • Greek Fox 219 (Dionysus)
  • India *Thompson-Balys.
  • general Middle English Romance: Wells 103 (Alliterative Alexander Fragment A)
Within the index

Filed under Reasons for voluntary transformation.

6 finer motifs beneath it
Transformation to kill enemy Transformation to frighten enemy. (Cf. D641.3.) Transformation to destroy enemy's property Transformation to ant in order to gnaw bow-strings of enemy Transformation to spy enemy's camp Transformation so as to protect hero from enemy
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 seek lost (or unknown) person Transformation to receive food Transformation to steal. (Cf. K300.) Transformation to seduce Miscellaneous reasons for voluntary transformation
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Transformation combat. Fight between contestants who strive to outdo each other in successive transformations Demon in form of old woman. (Cf. C745, D651, G1263.0.1.)
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Form and appearance of water-spirits. See F420.5.2.7 Conception from sunlight Conception from wind. (Cf. A715.2, F611.1.9.)

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