Disenchantment by destroying skin (covering).
Magic. · Disenchantment. · Disenchantment by removing (destroying) covering of enchanted person. · view the constellation · filed as D721.3
Motif
Filed across the traditions
- Turkish Giese Türkische Märchen (Jena 1925) 120
- India *Thompson-Balys
- Chinese Graham
- Korean Zong in-Sob 177. – Eskimo (Kodiak): Golder JAFL XVI 89, (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 55, (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 224
- N. Am. Indian *Thompson Tales 347 n. 249
- S. Am. Indian Jijena Sanchez 23
- Africa Frobenius Atlantis IV 69, 287.
- general *Type 425, 430, 440, 441
- general Köhler-Bolte I *319, 511
- general *Chauvin VII 37 No. 212B. Icelandic: *Boberg
Within the index
Filed under Disenchantment by removing skin (or covering).
Filed beside it
Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)
Carried in tale types
- Hans my Hedgehog · ATU 441 2 recorded variants
- The Girl as Wolf · ATU 409 1 recorded variant
- The Donkey (Asinarius) · ATU 430 1 recorded variant
- King Lindorm · ATU 433B 1 recorded variant
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