μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
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.

  • Italian NovellaRotunda.
Within the index

Filed under Miscellaneous reasons for voluntary transformation.

Filed beside it
Transformation to snakes at night in order to sleep. (Cf. D621.1.1.) Done by otherworld peopleTransformation to animals to fight. (Cf. D615)Transformation to show displeasureTransformation to act as helpful animalTransformation to obtain blessingTransformation to friar to instruct mankindTransformation to test fidelityTransformation to another form to persuade man to go to battleTransformation to lure hunters to certain place. Usually fairylandTransformation to recover stolen goodsTransformation to tramp to escape recognitionTransformation in order to drive buffaloes to milkingTransformation: woman to fly so as to help hero pick out weapons from among many

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