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• Meat takes on taste of any dainty desired. D476.3.1
• Bacon changed to iron. D476.3.2
• Bacon changed to different foods. D476.3.2.1
• Transformation: horse meat to mutton. D476.3.3
• Meat miraculously turned into fish on a feast day, and vice versa. D476.3.4
• Bread becomes cake. D476.4
• Transformation: object becomes wine (or vice versa). D477
• Wine miraculously changed into other object. D477.0.1
• Wine becomes blood (Cf. D471.4.1). D477.0.1.1
• Wine becomes honey. D477.0.1.2
• Spiced wine becomes bitter. D477.0.1.3
• Transformation: water becomes wine. D477.1
• Devil takes man waiting for water to turn to wine at midnight on Old Christmas Eve. D477.1.1
• Woman loses eye when she goes to well at midnight on Old Christmas Eve when the water turns to wine. D477.1.2
• Transformation: brine becomes wine. D477.2
• Beer becomes wine. D477.3
• Water changed to other substance (or vice versa). D478
• Transformation: water to milk. D478.1
• Transformation: water to ale. D478.2
• Transformation: water to fire. D478.3
• Transformation: water to marvelous drink. D478.4
• Transformation: water to honey. D478.5
• Transformation: water to mead. D478.6
• Transformation: water changed into oil. D478.7
• Water changed into balsam. D478.8
• Water in river transformed to copper by magician. D478.9
• Salty water turned into fresh liquid. D478.10
• Transformation: water to butter and cream. D478.11
• Transformation: water to rocks. D478.12
• Transformation: water to brimstone. D478.13
• Boiling pitch reduced to cold water. D478.14
• Transformation: miscellaneous objects change material. D479
• Transformation: bog to flowery mead (through power of saint). D479.1
• Transformation: iron tools to earth. D479.2
• Transformation: magic charm makes root bitter. D479.3
• Transformation: goose egg becomes hen's egg. D479.4
• Transformation: basket of things to iron. D479.5
• Wax turned into earth. D479.6
• Evil smells transformed into sweet fragrances, and vice versa. D479.7
• Hut transformed into golden palace. D479.8
• Size of object transformed. D480
• Things miraculously stretched or shortened if needed by a saint. D480.0.1
• Stretching objects. D482
• Transformation: stretching tree. A tree magically shoots upward. D482.1
• Stretching lily plant. Miraculously quick growing. D482.2
• Magic stretching lance (Cf. D1086). D482.3
• Transformation: stretching cliff. A cliff magically shoots up into the air. D482.4
• Stretching sepulchre. Magically becomes longer. D482.5
• Grave equals five times length of any person's foot. D482.5.1
• Tomb gate magically enlarged. D482.5.2
• Sea formed from giant's spittle. (Cf. D1001.) D483
• River expands and becomes sea. D483.1
• Transformation: stretching fingers to make ladder. D485
• Person becomes larger. D486
• Demon becomes larger. D486.1
• Animal becomes larger. D487
• Snake grows to 300 leagues length. D487.1
• Monkey becomes 100,000 feet high. D487.2
• Ox-demon becomes 10,000 feet long. D487.3
• Houses magically made larger. D488
• Objects made larger – miscellaneous. D489
• Small leaves become larger. D489.1
• Amulet enlarged to become cloak. D489.2
• Miscellaneous forms of transformation. D490
• Compressible objects. D491
• Compressible magic animals. D491.1
• Herd of cattle put into magic cup. (Cf. B182.) D491.1.1
• Magic folding mule. Folds up like a sheet of paper. (Cf. B184.1.) D491.1.2
• Magic dog shrinks in size. D491.1.3
• Compressible magic objects. D491.2
• Compressible magic box. D491.2.1
• Compressible magic box containing many people and objects. East Africa: Frobenius Atlantis IV 134ff. No. 13. D491.2.1.1
• Compressible table. D491.2.2
• Saint confined a large quantity of water in a small ditch. D491.3
• Iceflake made small by magic. D491.4
• Castle magically made smaller. D491.5
• Twelve stones unite to make one. [Inadvertant duplication of F1009.4.] D491.6
• Ship becomes small boat. D491.7
• Color of object changed. D492
• Cock's comb becomes white. D492.1
• Blood turns black. D492.2
• Color of hair suddenly changed. D492.3
• Spirit changes to animal. D493
• Transformation: person to monster. D494
• Means of transformation – general. D500
• Inability to transform self in presence of others. D502
• Transformation by breaking tabu. D510
• Transformation by breaking name tabu. (Cf. C430.) D511
• Man calls wife "my swallow"; she becomes swallow. (Cf. A1917.) D511.1
• Transformation by expressing astonishment at marvel. D512
• Transformation when one expresses astonishment at smith drawing water in an egg-shell. (Cf. C491.) D512.1
• Transformation by violation of looking tabu. (Cf. C300.) D513
• Man looks at copulating snakes: transformed to woman. (Cf. D12.) D513.1
• Transformation by plucking flowers in enchanted garden. D515
• Transformation through excessive grief. D516
• Transformation because of disobedience. D517
• Woman transformed for nourishing an animal. D518
• Transformation through power of the word. D520
• Transformation through wish. D521
• Transformation through thoughtless wish of parent. D521.1
• Transformation through magic word (charm). (Cf. D1273.) D522
• Transformation through song. (Cf. D1275.) D523
• Transformation by playing musical instrument. D523.1
• Transformation by playing flute. D523.1.1
• Transformation through curse. D525
• Despondent mother curses herself and children into trees. D525.1
• Transformation through greeting: first creature to be greeted will be transformed. (Cf. A1371.3.) D526
• Transformation by scolding. D527
• Transformation through power of the word – miscellaneous. D529
• Petrification when woman's voice is heard. D529.1
• Transformation by putting on skin, clothing, etc. D530
• Transformation by putting on skin. By putting on the skin, feathers, etc. of an animal, a person is transformed to that animal. D531
• Transformation by putting on claw, feather, etc. of helpful animal. D532
• Transformation to fish by catching in fish-trap. D533
• Transformation to horse (ass. etc.) by putting on bridle (halter). D535
• Transformation to horse by being horse-shod. D535.1
• Transformation by removing chains from neck. D536
• Transformation to swans by taking chains off neck. (Cf. D161.) D536.1
• Transformation by changing clothes. D537
• Transformation by donning hood. (Cf. D1067.3.) D537.1
• Transformation by donning cloak. D537.2
• Giantess's cloak makes man grow. D537.2.1
• Transformation by putting on moustache. D537.3
• Transformation by donning wig. D537.4
• Transformation by eating or drinking. D550
• Transformation by eating. D551
• Transformation by eating fruit. (Cf. D981.) Cf. Type 566. D551.1
• Transformation by eating apple. D551.1.1
• Transformation by eating apricot. D551.1.2
• Transformation by eating pear. D551.1.3
• Transformation by eating vegetable. (Cf. D983.) D551.2
• Transformation by eating cabbage. D551.2.1
• Transformation by eating cicuta. D551.2.2
• Transformation through eating magic seeds. (Cf. D971). D551.2.3
• Transformation by eating flower. D551.2.4
• Transformation by eating onions. D551.2.5
• Transformation by eating garlic. D551.2.6
• Transformation by eating manioc. D551.2.7
• Transformation by eating flesh. D551.3
• Transformation by eating bread. D551.4
• Transformation by eating leaf from a tree. Falcon is returned to form of girl. D551.5
• Transformation by eating – miscellaneous. D551.6
• Transformation by placing pill in mouth. (Cf. D1243.) D551.6.1
• Transformation by eating rice mixed with perspiration. D551.6.2
• Transformation by eating sticky rice. D551.6.2.1
• Transformation by eating snake eggs. D551.6.3
• Transformation by drinking. D555
• Transformation by drinking from animal's track. (Cf. D578.) D555.1
• Transformation by drinking wine. D555.2
• Transformation by various means. D560
• Transformation by jumping over. The person, animal, or object jumped over is transformed. D561
• Transformation by rolling. D561.1
• Transformation by somersault. D561.2
• Transformation by jumping three times. D561.3
• Transformation by bathing. D562
• Transformation by application of water. D562.1
• Transformation by urine. (Cf. D441.5, D441.6, D564.4, D1006.) D562.2
• God's urine makes chilly fiery. D562.2.1
• Human urine softens rock. D562.2.2
• Transformation by encircling object thrice. D563
• Transformation by smelling. D564
• Self-transformation by smelling stick. D564.1
• Transformation by smelling flower. D564.2
• Transformation by smelling powders. D564.3
• Transformation by smelling wine. (Cf. D562.2.) D564.4
• Transformation by touching. D565
• Transformation by touching ground on return from fairyland. D565.0.1
• Midas' golden touch. Everything touched turns to gold. D565.1
• Transformation by touching with rod. D565.2
• Transformation by licking. D565.3
• Transformation by seizing ears. D565.4
• Transformation by twisting one's own ear. D565.4.1
• Transformation by kiss. D565.5
• Transformation by sexual intercourse. D565.5.1
• Transformation by touching water. D565.6
• Transformation at touch of magic dogskin. D565.7
• Transformation by touching with flower. D565.8
• Transformation by pinching flower (life token). D565.8.1
• Bag of stones becomes auks on touching ground. D565.9
• Transformation by scratching. D565.10
• Transformation by striking. D566
• Transformation by striking wolf-skin glove. D566.1
• Transformation by striking with stone. D566.2
• Transformation of horse by spurring. D566.3
• Transformation by decapitation. D566.4
• Transformation by sunlight. D567
• Transformation by turning magic hood. D568
• Transformation by throwing object or person. D571
• Transformation by throwing rice on person. D571.1
• Transformation by magic object. D572
• Transformation by magic stick. D572.1
• Transformation by ring. D572.2
• Transformation by cloth. D572.3
• Transformation by wand. D572.4
• Transformation by means of magic stone. D572.5
• Transformation by magic powder. D572.6
• Transformation by celestial dew. D572.7
• Transformation by spell (charm). D573
• Transformation by written spell. D573.1
• Petrification by magic written formula. D573.2