μῦθοι Mythoi
Motif
Filed across the traditions
  • Chinese Graham
  • Eskimo (Kodiak) Golder JAFL XX 299, (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 51
  • Koryak Jochelson JE VI 131, 156, 335
  • Africa (Pangwe) Tessman 368f.
  • general See all references to D361.1, Swan Maiden. Irish myth: *Cross: India: *Thompson-Balys
Within the index

Filed under Disenchantment by removing (destroying) covering of enchanted person.

5 finer motifs beneath it
Disenchantment by flaying Disenchantment by hiding skin (covering). When the enchanted person has temporarily removed the covering, it is stolen and the victim remains disenchanted until it is found Disenchantment by destroying skin (covering) Disenchantment by holding temporarily disenchanted person Disenchantment from fruit (flower) by opening it
Filed beside it
Disenchantment by taking off bridle. Man transformed to horse (ass) thus released Disenchantment by putting on (removing) chain from neck
Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes
Daily transformation Disenchantment by violence Recognition of disenchanted person by ornaments under his skin King (prince) lost on hunt has adventures Abandoned or murdered children Animal aids abandoned child(ren). (Cf. B535.) Bird carries food from deserted child to starving parents
Carried in tale types

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