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- Goddess in anger breaks herself into five parts: hence, five branches of a river. A934.11.3
- Relatives kill animal-husband but wife throws herself into pyre. B691
- 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
- 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
- Despondent mother curses herself and children into trees. D525.1
- Goddess repeatedly transforms herself. D610.1
- Queen transforms herself to defeat god of death. D651.1.3
- Steaks cut from live cow who heals herself by magic. D2161.2.1
- Fairy avenges herself on inconstant lover (husband). F302.3.3.1
- Ghost conceals herself with dwarfs. F451.5.4.1
- Hair so long that girl can cover herself with it. F555.3.3
- Well rises so maiden can draw without exerting herself. F933.1.3.1
- Witch killed as whale. She herself is sitting at home. G252.1
- Charms to cause witch to reveal herself. (Cf. G271.) G257
- Burning object forces witch to reveal herself: sympathetic magic. G257.1
- Reading Bible backwards causes witch to reveal herself. (Cf. D1985.2.) G257.2
- Turning table, cutting notches in it causes witch to reveal herself. G257.3
- Taking tile from witch's house forces her to reveal herself. G257.4
- Person places three notched elder twigs under bowl. Witch is forced to remove them, thus revealing herself. G257.6