“turns” — Mythoi

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Culture hero returns to upper world. A566
Culture hero (divinity) returns. A581
Culture hero returns and assists mortals. A581.1
Culture hero returns and aids followers in battle. A581.2
Culture hero returns to prove power of saint. A581.3
Sun's night journey with reversed face. It returns from west to east by the same way that it came, but it turns its light side to the sky and leaves the earth in darkness. A722.2
Origin of stones: punishment for discourtesy. Jesus asks a man what he is sowing. He answers, "Stones." Jesus turns the crop to stones. This is how stones originate. A973
The devil turns object or animal to stone which is still seen. A977.4
Origin of cold: sun turns fiery face upward. A1135.1.1
Gull a transformed ravished maiden. While he is sleeping, the maiden the hero has stolen is ravished by another man. The hero thereupon turns her into a gull. (Cf. A1710.) A1945.2
Woodpecker from devil's herdsman transformed. The devil strikes his herdsman so that he turns into a bird who continually calls after his beloved cow. (Cf. A1710.) A1957.1
The god Mahadeo turns wood chips into insects. A2002.1
Dove returns to ark in obedience to Noah: receives sheen of raven. A2221.7
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
Son accidentally kills father, who returns to life as cuckoo and tells people when to sow grain. A2275.6
Why eagle-owl's head turns on its neck. A2351.2
Dragon fight: respite granted and dragon returns with renewed strength. B11.11.1
Dog (whose skin) turns water to wine (mead). B119.1
Dog returns from dead to clear master of murder. B134.5
Magic pig turns water into wine for nine days. B184.3.2.2

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Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica · THE RETURNS

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