24 motifs match “changing”  ·  back to the chapters

• Size-changing god. A120.2
• Sky immortal, changing skin like a snake. A702.9
• Animal languages learned by exchanging tongues with helpful dragon. B217.6
• Cow with changing colors. Changes every four hours: white, red, black. B731.4
• Bird with changing color. B731.13
• Tabu: changing ritual. C65
• Transformation by changing clothes. D537
• Magic object acquired by exchanging letters. (Cf. K511). D836
• Rejuvenation by changing skin. D1889.6
• Exchanging things with the devil. The cheat appears later. G303.9.9.10
• Task: changing the course of time. H1026
• The double fool. A numskull caught changing meal from others' sacks into his own. Miller asks him what he is doing. "I am a fool." "Why then don't you put your meal into their sacks?" "I am only a simple fool. If I did that I should be a double fool." J1393
• God cheats devil at mowing. God mows with a chisel, the devil with a scythe. God deceives devil into changing scythe for chisel. K42.2.1
• Trickster dupes rival by exchanging beds: receives his food. Overhears maiden tell rival she will bring food at night, waits until rival is asleep and carries him to another bed, takes his place, and is fed by maiden. K499.8
• Taking king's place by changing dresses. K1810.1.3
• Disguise by changing bodily appearance. K1821
• Disguise by changing name. K1831.0.1
• Disguise by changing voice. K1832
• Changing of luck or fate. N130
• Acts performed for changing luck. N131
• Luck changing after cohabitation. N131.1
• Luck changing after change of name. N131.4
• Luck changing after change of place. N131.5
• Flower-friendship. Friends take oath of brotherhood by exchanging flowers. P311.2