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• Woman who fell from the sky. – Daughter of the sky-chief falls from the sky, is caught by birds, and lowered to the surface of the water. She becomes the creator. A21.1
• Living person becomes god. A104.1
• Dead body becomes god. A104.2
• God's throne becomes hot because of activities on earth. A152.9
• Divinity becomes mortal. A192.4
• Deity's child becomes fire as soon as he is born. A199.3
• Sun as man who left earth. Man, usually of supernatural birth, ascends to the sky and becomes the sun. A711
• Chest of sacrificed youth becomes the moon. A741.2
• River taken to sky becomes star. Eridanos. A761.1
• Stone emerges from primeval water. Devil sits on the stone, which becomes a mountain. A816.1
• Why earth becomes warm and wet: two huge copper vessels steaming over fire are underneath earth. A857.1
• Cliff from lovers' leap. Lovers in despair throw themselves from a high place. This becomes a cliff. A968.2
• Son of first human couple murdered by tiger sent by god; his head becomes the sun, his chest the moon, and his blood gives the red earth its color. A1277.3
• Emergence of tribe from lower world stopped by fat woman or pregnant woman who becomes lodged in the hole of egress. A1631.1
• Creation of monkeys: old woman thrown into fire. In unsuccessful imitation of Christ, the smith throws an old woman into the fire. She becomes a monkey. (Cf. A1710.) A1861.2
• Discourteous answer: flounder's crooked mouth. When God asks him where he is going, instead of answering he turns to go toward God. His mouth becomes crooked. (Cf. A2341.1.) A2231.1.2
• Why the cock's comb becomes white when he is angry. A2321.10.1
• Seaweed becomes vegetation. A2615.4
• Willow shelters Holy Family: becomes weeping willow. (Cf. A2681.1.) A2632.1
• Trickster's burnt flesh becomes gum on trees. A2731.1
• Blood from wizard becomes red grain of cedar. Bleeding head of wizard who tries to kill the sun placed on top of a tree. (Cf. A2755.1.) A2731.3
• Man transformed to beast becomes leader of herd. B241.3
• Helpful bird hatched by hero. Hero holds eagle's egg in hand and hatches it. Young eagle becomes his helper. B317
• Does, tigresses, she-wolves milked into pond, which becomes a pond of milk. B531.2.1
• Man becomes deer and marries deer. B648
• Tabu: calling profanely on God. Daughter of Emperor says to Rabbi: "Your God is a builder; so let him build a tent here." She becomes leprous and must be placed in a tent. (Cf. C51.3.1.) C94.4
• Tabu: looking at sun before prince becomes fourteen years old. C315.2.2.1
• Tabu: beast-husband staying too long at home: becomes sick. C713.3.1
• Magic horse becomes powerless because of broken tabu. C942.2
• Woman transforms herself into a bird and lends her female organ to a boy. He fails to return it and she becomes a man when she resumes human form. D11.2
• Transformation: man becomes hideous. D52.1
• Ugly man becomes handsome. D52.2
• Person becomes magically larger. D55.1
• Person becomes magically smaller. D55.2
• Fish cleaned by girl becomes man. D370.1
• Transformation: swine becomes another animal. D412.3
• Wax prince animated by serpent becomes human being. D435.1.4
• Transformation: spear becomes mighty tree when driven into ground. D454.9.1.1
• Transformation: bone-dust becomes blazing fire. D457.12.1
• A candle becomes stone. D471.9
• Water becomes rocks. (Cf. D478). D471.10
• Transformation: object becomes bloody. D474
• Transformation: key becomes bloody. D474.1
• Transformation: water becomes bloody. D474.2
• Transformation: cake becomes bloody. D474.3
• Egg becomes bloody. D474.4
• Transformation: axe becomes golden. D475.1.17
• Transformation: silver dish becomes wooden. D475.3.5
• Water dripping off person becomes agates. D475.4.8
• Transformation: ice becomes grease. D476.1.9
• Bread becomes cake. D476.4
• Transformation: object becomes wine (or vice versa). D477
• 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
• Transformation: brine becomes wine. D477.2
• Beer becomes wine. D477.3
• Transformation: goose egg becomes hen's egg. D479.4
• Stretching sepulchre. Magically becomes longer. D482.5
• River expands and becomes sea. D483.1
• Person becomes larger. D486
• Demon becomes larger. D486.1
• Animal becomes larger. D487
• Monkey becomes 100,000 feet high. D487.2
• Ox-demon becomes 10,000 feet long. D487.3
• Ship becomes small boat. D491.7
• Cock's comb becomes white. D492.1
• Man calls wife "my swallow"; she becomes swallow. (Cf. A1917.) D511.1
• Bag of stones becomes auks on touching ground. D565.9
• Island canoe. An island that becomes a canoe at will. D632.1
• Pursued sweetheart becomes tree. (Cf. D215.) D642.3.1
• "Spirit of poetry" as hideous youth becomes beautiful. D682.4.2
• Hairy anchorite. Beast-like man seduced by beautiful woman becomes human and handsome. D733.1
• Saint's staff becomes tree to indicate building site. D1314.2.5
• Ship becomes invisible. (Cf. D1123.) D1361.21
• Thieves cannot cross a river because the water suddenly becomes too hot for them. D1389.2.2
• Bull's tail becomes a stick that lashes hero's enemies and exterminates an army. (Cf. D1029.2.) D1400.1.21
• Mad horse becomes tame when girl's voice reaches his ears. D1442.1.1
• Water becomes shallow so man is able to cross the river. D1551.0.1
• Girl's blood vitalizes axe and it becomes a tiger. (Cf. D444.) D1594.5
• Monkey cut in two by magic sword becomes two monkeys. (Cf. D1081.) D1652.9
• Horse magically becomes immovable. (Cf. B181.) D1654.12
• Object magically becomes heavy. D1687
• Magic last wish at death becomes a reality (reincarnation). D1715.1
• Man receives divine "possession" (becomes a diviner). D1720.2
• One becomes ghost-seer after looking through hole in coffin. D1821.3.5.1
• Snake becomes powerless when his path is crossed by a pregnant woman. D1837.4
• Girl becomes more beautiful as she is burned but her brother, who loves her incestuously, turns to charcoal. D1865.2.1
• Face of pious girl becomes angelic at death. D1865.3
• Hut becomes mansion. D1867.1
• Broken-down nag becomes magnificent riding horse. D1868.1
• Youngest of the three Magi becomes the senior through power of the Savior. D1897
• Animal becomes magically larger. D2038
• Centipede becomes large enough to kill demon. D2038.1
• Magic corn eaten by animal becomes gold. D2102.5
• Rubbish magically becomes food and clothing. D2105.3
• Trash magically becomes food. D2105.3.1
• Human bone, found in demon's stomach wrapped in silk with bow and arrow, becomes a boy. E149.1
• Prince plucks from grave of vampire a flower which later becomes a girl. E251.2.2