Transformed mother suckles child

Motif

Transformed mother suckles child.

Magic. · Transformation. · Miscellaneous transformation incidents. · Miscellaneous circumstances of transformation. · view the constellation · filed as D688

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Scholars’ trail — 4references

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.

JewishNeuman
JapaneseIkeda. – Africa (Bushman): Bleek and Lloyd 87, (Kaffir): Theal 61.
general *Types 403, 450
general BP I 79ff., 99ff. India: Thompson-Balys

Within the index

Filed under Miscellaneous circumstances of transformation.

1 finer motif beneath it

Transformed cow advises daughter

Filed beside it

Gradual transformation. (Cf. D701.)Partial transformation Transformation by magician Transformation by helpful animals Transformed animal refuses to touch meat of that animal Daily beating of men transformed to dogs. Necessary unless hero himself is to be transformed City's inhabitants transformed to fish. Different classes to different colored fish Man transformed to ass plays the lyre Food left for transformed person Man transformed to woman has children Transformation during sleep Magic object can transform self Gods have power to transform themselves Additional transformation motifs

Carried in tale types

Little Brother and Little Sister · ATU 4508 recorded variants
The Black and the White Bride · ATU 4034 recorded variants

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