Transformation to snakes at night in order to sleep. (Cf. D621.1.1.) Done by otherworld people

Motif

Transformation to snakes at night in order to sleep. (Cf. D621.1.1.) Done by otherworld people.

Magic. · Transformation. · Miscellaneous transformation incidents. · Reasons for voluntary transformation. · view the constellation · filed as D659.1

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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.

New BritainDixon 117.

Within the index

Filed under Miscellaneous reasons for voluntary transformation.

Filed beside it

Transformation to animals to fight. (Cf. D615)Transformation to show displeasure Transformation to act as helpful animal Transformation to obtain blessing Transformation to friar to instruct mankind Transformation: wife to mistress. Transformed wife substitutes for husband's mistress Transformation to test fidelity Transformation to another form to persuade man to go to battle Transformation to lure hunters to certain place. Usually fairyland Transformation to recover stolen goods Transformation to tramp to escape recognition Transformation in order to drive buffaloes to milking Transformation: woman to fly so as to help hero pick out weapons from among many

Travels with

Man by day; animal by night

wander