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• Person transforms self to river. A934.11.2
• 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
• 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 of low caste takes on prince's appearance, and transforms prince to take on his. D22.2
• Fairy transforms herself into a monstrous being with head of an ape, thin legs, sharp claws, fish scales and bristles. D49.3
• Swan Maiden. A swan transforms herself at will into a maiden. She resumes her swan form by putting on her swan coat. (It is difficult to tell in most Swan Maiden tales whether the primary form is swan or maiden: the incident may belong at D161.) D361.1
• Human bone transforms self to person. D437.1
• Animal bone transforms self to person. D437.2
• Transformation by fumigations. Burning of magic perfume transforms. (Cf. D1245.) D575
• Goddess repeatedly transforms herself. D610.1
• Boat transforms self at will of master. D632
• Faithful brother transforms self to deer to seek sister. D647.1
• Queen transforms herself to defeat god of death. D651.1.3
• Witch transforms self to animal (hare, pig) so as to suck cows. D655.2
• Jealous co-wife transforms the other. D665.3
• King of birds transforms his quails into sticks and pebbles so king and his hunters and hawks cannot kill them. D666.1
• Transformation flight. Fugitives transforms themselves in order to escape detection by the pursuer. D671
• Fugitive transforms self to stone. Thrown to safety by pursuer. D671.0.1
• Magic needle transforms a room from plainness to beauty. (Cf. D1181.) D1337.1.7
• Person transforms self, is swallowed and reborn in new form. (Cf. D605.7, D610.) E607.2
• Fairy transforms self. F234.0.1
• Fairy mistress transforms man's human wife. (Cf. F302.3.2.2.) F302.5.2
• Fairy transforms self to fly, allows self to be swallowed by woman and reborn as fairy. F392
• Giantess transforms self to fly in order to tear woman's stomach. F531.1.8.5
• Transformation in order to eat own kind. Man transforms self to animal and eats men. G12
• Witch transforms man to horse and rides him. G241.2.1
• Witch transforms person by means of magic bridle. G241.2.1.1
• Witch transforms self into snake when she bathes. G245.1
• Witch injures, enchants or transforms. G263
• Witch transforms person to animal. (Cf. D100.) G263.1
• Witch transforms her lovers into animals. Circe. G263.1.0.1
• Witch transforms man to bear. G263.1.1
• Witch transforms person to seal. G263.1.2
• Witch transforms man to cow. G263.1.3
• Witch transforms husband into dog. G263.1.4
• Witch transforms man to bird. G263.1.5
• Witch transforms man to crow. G263.1.5.1
• Witch transforms man to dove. G263.1.5.2
• Witch transforms man to object. (Cf. D200.) G263.2
• Witch transforms to stone. G263.2.1
• Witch transforms man into soapstone. G263.2.1.1
• Witch transforms man to tree. G263.2.2
• Witch transforms townspeople into witches. G263.3.1
• Witch transforms girl into man. G263.3.2
• Magician transforms self into crocodile to steal. K311.6.4
• Serpent transforms self to staff, is picked up and bites enemy. K928.1
• Man transforms self to gadfly to enter giant's stomach and kill him. K952.2
• Adulteress transforms her husband into an animal to get rid of him. (The Tsar's Dog.) K1535
• Adulteress transforms man to stone up to the waist. K1535.1
• The false bride (substituted bride). An impostor takes the wife's place without the husband's knowledge and banishes (kills, transforms) the wife. K1911
• False bride takes true bride's place at fountain. The true bride, left by her husband for a short time at a fountain, is supplanted by a moor or gypsy, who transforms her. K1911.1.3
• Faithless wife transforms husband. K2213.6
• Love transforms crude individual into a polished courtier. T10.1.2
• Princess transforms self to woo. (Cf. D658.) T55.11
• Sorceress marries a man every morning and transforms him to some kind of animal in the evening. (Cf. D621.) T113.1
• Old beggar transforms wedding party into wolves. (Cf. D113.1.) T155
• Husband transforms himself to test his wife's faithfulness. (Cf. T231.3.) T235
• Jealous wife (mistress) transforms rival to hound. (Cf. B182.1.0.2.) T257.2.2