2,372 motifs match “form” — showing the first 100; narrow the words for the rest  ·  back to the chapters

• Angels are transformed souls of the pious. A52.0.4
• Devil in serpent form tempts first woman (Satan and Eve). A63.6
• Original creator followed by transformers. These demigods change the original creation into the present forms. A72
• Formless gods. A120.4
• God in form of comet. A124.5
• Deity in human form. (The human form is assumed in most mythologies.) A125
• God in animal form. A132
• God in successive animal forms. A132.0.1
• God takes form successively of ants, scorpion, and cobra. A132.0.1.1
• God in three forms: gecho, shark, or priest. A132.0.1.2
• Goddess in form of bird. A132.6.2
• Goddess in form of tree. A139.8.5
• God descends in form of shooting star. A171.0.3.2
• God in form of fakir visits king and gives him advice. A182.3.4.1
• Hero formed by god out of mother's apron. A511.1.4.2
• Culture hero performs remarkable feats of strength and skill. A526.7
• Culture hero can transform self. A527.3.1
• Culture hero assumes ugly and deformed guise. A527.3.1.1
• Creator uses particular formula (letters) to create universe. A611.0.1
• Creation of universe: genealogical type. A begets B, who begets C, etc. Finally the universe is brought forth in its present form. A645
• Fire in hell. Christ created fire in hell from his blood; formerly hell was cold. A671.0.2.1
• Sun from transformation. A718
• Sun from transformed maggots. A718.4
• Formerly seven suns. A720.1
• Formerly great heat of sun causes distress to mankind. A720.2
• Sun visits earth in form of black bull, caught by man, thus causing night. A728.3
• Children from union with the sun turn into bit of blood in daytime as soon as they are exposed to sun; take human form (shape) again at sunset. A736.5.2
• Moon from transformed object. A743
• Person transformed to moon. A747
• Formerly seven moons. A759.5
• Stars as transformed lovers. A761.3
• Stars are transformed spittle of the moon. A764.4
• Rainbow is a transformed king; the lesser rainbow is the king's wife. A791.5
• Origin of rainbow: transformed butterflies (souls of lovers). A791.9
• Devil as Earth Diver. Satan dives for earth at instance of God. Succeeds only third time (by use of right formula). He hides the earth under his tongue. It swells, and he must be rescued by God. A812.1
• Earth in form of raft supported by spirits. A813.1
• World is transformed mud parrot in golden cage. A822.1
• Earth made by transformation of broken ground. A824
• Woman transformed to pool of water. A920.1.11
• Lake of milk formed through virtue of saint. A920.1.13
• Rivers formed where certain stones are placed. Each of seven children are to go in a different direction, to walk a mile and put down a stone, then another mile and a stone, etc. Thus rivers are formed. A934.2
• River from transformation. A934.11
• Girl reincarnated as river so god Vishnu can lie in its bed in the form of a stone. A934.11.1
• Person transforms self to river. A934.11.2
• Origin of river: transformed flowing honey. A934.11.4
• Islands from cow and calf transformed by evil eye of one-eyed god. A955.5
• Islands from transformed object or person. A955.10
• Islands originally form continent, later separated. A955.11
• Hills from flapping of primeval bird. Hills and valleys are formed from the flapping of a giant turkey-buzzard when the earth is still plastic. A961.1
• Mountains from hacked-up fish drawn from bottom of primeval water. Earth originates from a fish drawn from the water. It is hacked up and thus made to form mountains. A961.2
• Mountains and hills are former sons, daughters of gods. A962.9
• Soil dropped to form mountains. A963.3
• Clay soil dropped from sky to form hill. A963.9
• Cliffs become hard. Were formerly soft but become hard by God's order. (Cf. A975.) A968.1
• Mountains and valleys formed from great fire. A969.3
• Water freezes and forms mountains. A969.5
• Rocks from transformation of people to stone. A974
• Certain stones are druids transformed by power of saint. A974.1
• Certain stones are transformed giants. A974.2
• Certain stones are cheeses transformed by saint. (Cf. A974.) A977.5.1
• Pile of stones in certain chapel formed of fragments of salmon transformed by saint. A977.5.2
• Two rocks from split and transformed lapdog. A977.5.4
• Form of fettered monster. A1072
• Fettered monster in human form. A1072.1
• Golden age. A former age of perfection. A1101.1
• Former age: spirits and ogres lived with men, and gods appeared in human guise. A1101.1.3
• Reversal of nature in former age. A1101.2
• Formerly men plowed and cattle were their masters. A1101.2.1
• Formerly men ate grass: cattle ate rice and pulse. A1101.2.2
• Formerly men dumb: birds and animals talked. A1101.2.3
• Formerly men could go safely beneath the sea. A1101.2.4
• Nature transformed by God once in seven years. A1103
• Man created from egg formed from sea-foam. A1261.2
• Sun and moon beget stones and birds: these transformed to first parents. A1271.2
• First man split in two to form mate. (Cf. A1225.1.) A1275.2
• First woman's mate made from transformed tree. A1275.6
• Change in bodily form at fall of man. Adam's body was formerly horn-like. (Cf. A1281.1.) A1310.1
• Forming of the nose. Nose was made from clay taken from the posterior of the already created man. A1316.1.1
• Former intercourse by navel. A1352.3
• Bad women from transformed hog and goose. Peter, having only one daughter, foolishly promises her to three men. He asks the Lord to create two others. This request is granted. The first creature he meets on two successive mornings he is to greet, and they will be transformed. He meets a hog and a goose. His two new daughters have these characteristics. A1371.3
• Theft of light by being swallowed and reborn. The hero transforms himself to a particle. The daughter of the guardian of light swallows him as she is drinking water. He is reborn. As a child in the house he steals light. A1411.2
• Origin of different peoples according to choice of bows and arrows or else guns, horses and cattle. Indians choose the former, whites the latter. A1614.4.3
• Creation of animals through transformation. (Cf. A1811.1, A1833.2, A1861.1, A1861.2, A1863, A1887). A1710
• Animals from transformations after deluge or world calamity. A1711
• Creator sent for water: Meantime animals assume present forms. A1713
• Animals from various transformed objects. A1714
• Animals from transformed cloth. A1714.1
• Animals from transformed man. (Cf. A2005, A2011.2.) A1715
• Animals from men transformed for discourtesy to God (Jesus). (Cf. A1831, A1862, A1871.) A1715.2
• Animals from transformed men according to favorite food. One man asks for flesh, one for blood, etc. They are changed to mice, cats, and bugs. (Cf. A1811, A1853.) A1715.4
• Animals from transformed survivors of shipwreck. A1715.5
• Animals from transformed ogre or giant. A1716
• Animals from transformed parts of the body (animal or human). A1724
• Animals from transformed hair. A1724.2
• Primordial animal mutilated to produce present form. A1727
• Cat from transformed eagle. Eagle mistakes stick of wood for fish and gets feet caught. Wind blows off feathers and makes hair. (Cf. A1710.) A1811.1
• Wolf from man transformed by magician. (Cf. A1710.) A1833.2
• Creation of passeriformes. A1910
• Creation of faiconiformes. A1930
• Creation of charidriiformes. A1940