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Group No. 62


Letter

D. Magic

Group No.

D200 – D299

Group name

Transformation: man to object

Description

D200. D200. Transformation: man to object. Burton Nights I 69, 163, IX 318, S V 247f.; Tawney I 232, II 363; India: Thompson-Balys.
 
D210. D210. Transformation: man to vegetable form.
 
D210.1. D210.1. Plants as transformed bodies of gods. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 93.
 
D211. D211. Transformation: man to fruit. *Type 652; BP II 121ff., *125; Penzer VII 130f., 161.
 
D211.1. D211.1. Transformation: man (woman) to orange. *Type 408; India: Thompson-Balys.
 
D211.2. D211.2. Transformation: man (woman) to pomegranate. *Type 408; India: *Thompson-Balys.
 
D211.3. D211.3. Transformation: woman (man) to belfruit. India: Thompson-Balys.
 
D211.4. D211.4. Transformation: man (woman) to mango. India: Thompson-Balys.
 
D211.5. D211.5. Transformation: man to apple. Cheremis: Sebeok-Nyerges.
 
D211.6. D211.6. Transformation: man to peach. Chinese: Graham.
 
D212. D212. Transformation: man (woman) to flower. *Type 652; *BP II 125; *Type 407; BP I 501, III 259; Tobler 69. – India: *Thompson-Balys; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 93.
 
D212.1. D212.1. Transformation: man (woman) to carnation. *Type 652.
 
D212.2. D212.2. Transformation: man (woman) to rose. *Fb “rose” III 80a; India: Thompson-Balys.
 
D212.3. D212.3. Transformation: woman to lotus. India: *Thompson-Balys.
 
D213. D213. Transformation: man to plant.
 
D213.1. D213.1. Transformation: man to cockscomb plant. India: Thompson-Balys.
 
D213.2. D213.2. Transformation: man to rosebush. German: Grimm Nos. 51, 113.
 
D213.3. D213.3. Transformation: man to turmeric plant. Easter Island: Métraux Ethnology 365.
 
D213.4. D213.4. Transformation: man to vine. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 93, 99.
 
D213.5. D213.5. Transformation: man to thorns. Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 23.
 
D213.6. D213.6. Transformation: man to plantain stalk. Africa (Bulu): Krug 121f.
 
D214. D214. Transformation to grain.
 
D214.1. D214.1. Transformation: man to rice-grain. India: Thompson-Balys.
 
D214.2. D214.2. Transformation: man to maize. Africa (Luba): DeClerq Zs. f. Kolonialsprachen IV 207.
 
D215. D215. Transformation: man to tree. *Type 442; *Fb “træ” III 867b. – Greek: Fox 16; Hindu: Penzer VI 25 n. 1; India: *Thompson-Balys; English: Child V 497 s.v. “stepmother”; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 48; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth XII 101, 254, 478, 495, 532; Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 193; Eskimo (Greenland): Holm 13; N. A. Indian (Seneca): Curtin-Hewitt RBAE XXXII 489 No. 106, (Crow): Lowie PaAM XXV 45; Africa (Fjort): Dennett 42 No. 6, (Basuto): Jacottet 68 No. 10, (Fang): Tessman 112.
 
D215.1. D215.1. Transformation: man (woman) to laurel. Greek: Fox 181 (Daphne).
 
D215.2. D215.2. Transformation: man to pear tree. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. “poirier”.
 
D215.3. D215.3. Transformation: man (woman) to ash tree. Fb “rön” III 125a.
 
D215.4. D215.4. Transformation: man (woman) to linden tree. Fb “lind” II 432b.
 
D215.5. D215.5. Transformation: man to apple tree. Hdwb. d. Märchens s.v. “Apfel” n. 27.
 
D215.6. D215.6. Transformation: man (woman) to mulberry tree. Hindu: Penzer VI 26 n. 3; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 84.
 
D215.7. D215.7. Transformation: man (woman) to almond tree. Greek: Frazer Apollodorus II 262 n. 2.
 
D215.8. D215.8. Transformation: man (woman) to mango tree. India: Thompson-Balys.
 
D216. D216. Transformation: man to log. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 100; Menomini: Skinner and Satterlee PaAM XIII 317; Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 60; Missouri French: Carrière.
 
D217. D217. Transformation: man to stick. Africa (Hausa): Equilbecq II 171ff.
 
D218. D218. Transformation: man to sheaf of grain.
 
D218.1. D218.1. Transformation: man (woman) to paddy-sheaf. India: Thompson-Balys.
 
D221. D221. Transformation: man to gourd (calabash). India: Thompson-Balys; Indonesian: DeVries’ list No. 155; Cook Islands: Beckwith Myth 268, 450f.; Africa (Basuto): Jacottet 262 No. 39.
 
D222. D222. Transformation: man to nut. Icelandic: Boberg.
 
D222.1. D222.1. Transformation: man to peanut. Africa: Weeks Jungle 462.
 
D223. D223. Transformation: man to grass. Jewish: Neuman.
 
D224. D224. Transformation: man to reed. Greek myth: Syrinx.
 
D225. D225. Transformation: man to seaweed. Eskimo (Greenland): Holm 13.
 
D230. D230. Transformation: man to a mineral form.
 
D231. D231. Transformation: man to stone. *Types 303, 471, 516; *Fb “sten” III 553b; Köhler-Bolte I 572f.; *Chauvin VI No. 273, *58 No. 222, VII 83 No. 373bis n. 1, 98 No. 375; *Loomis White Magic 80. – Irish myth: *Cross; Icelandic: *Boberg; Lithuanian: Balys Legends Nos. 503f.; England: *Baughman; Italian novella: Rotunda; Greek: Frazer Apollodorus I 153 n. 3, 343 (Niobe); India: *Thompson-Balys, Tawney 123; Chinese: Eberhard FFC CXX 94, 119, 209; Japanese: Ikeda; Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 61; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (T-G 3/6); Marquesas: Handy 106; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 65, 191, 342, 422; Tonga: Gifford 183, Mono Alu: Wheeler 25, 66; New Hebrides: Codrington 367; – Eskimo (Greenland): Rink 219, 464, Rasmussen III 152, 194, (Smith Sound): Kroeber JAFL XII 172, (Mackenzie Area): Jenness 84, (Labrador): Hawkes GSCan XIV 159, (Bering Strait): Nelson RBAE XVIII 505, (Cumberland Sound): Boas BAM XV 172. – American Indian (Central Brazil): Ehrenreich Int. Cong. Americanists XIV 662, (Snuqualmi and Snohomish): Haeberlin JAFL XXXVII 378. – Africa (Basuto): Jacottet 260 No. 38, (Kaffir): Theal 101.
 
D231.1. D231.1. Transformation: man to millstone. Africa (Zulu): Callaway 27.
 
D231.2. D231.2. Transformation: man to marble column. *Type 707; India: *Thompson-Balys.
 
D231.2.1. D231.2.1. Mass transformation of wedding party to marble statues, etc. India: Thompson-Balys.
 
D233. D233. Transformation: man to shell. India: Thompson-Balys; Eskimo (Greenland): Rasmussen I 114; Africa (Zulu): Callaway 27, (Congo): Weeks 200 No. 1.
 
D235. D235. Transformation: man (woman) to golden object.
 
D235.1. D235.1. Transformation: man (god) to shower of gold. Greek: Fox 33 (Zeus).
 
D235.2. D235.2. Transformation: woman to golden stool. India: Thompson-Balys.
 
D237. D237. Transformation: man to coral. India: Thompson-Balys; Tonga: Gifford 94, 100; Marquesas: Handy 106.
 
D241. D241. Transformation: man to salt. Jewish: Neuman.
 
D242. D242. Transformation: man to oil. Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 61.
 
D244. D244. Transformation: man to pumice. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 215.
 
D250. D250. Transformation: man to manufactured object.
 
D251. D251. Transformation: man to dish. N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 300 n. 100.
 
D251.1. D251.1. Transformation: man to saucepan. Africa (Congo): Weeks 200 No. 1.
 
D252. D252. Transformation: man to pot. Africa (Basuto): Jacottet 240 No. 35.
 
D253. D253. Transformation: man to needle. Africa (Gold Coast): Barker and Sinclair 127 No. 22.
 
D254. D254. Transformation: man to musical instrument.
 
D254.1. D254.1. Transformation: man to fiddle. India: Thompson-Balys.
 
D255. D255. Transformation: man to boat. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s.v. “bateau”.
 
D255.1. D255.1. Transformation: man to canoe. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 231, 478.
 
D256. D256. Transformation: man to wheel. *Fb “hjul”.
 
D257. D257. Transformation: man to hatchel. Fb “hegle”.
 
D258. D258. Transformation: man to fishhook. Easter Island: Métraux Ethnology 364.
 
D261. D261. Transformation: man to altar. Breton: Sébillot Incidents s. v. “autel”.
 
D263. D263. Transformation: man to ornament.
 
D263.1. D263.1. Transformation: man to ring. *Fb “guldring” I 514b; Missouri-French: Carrière; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 341 n. 228a; Africa (Luba): DeClerq Zs. f. Kolonialsprachen IV 205.
 
D263.2. D263.2. Transformation: man to necklace. India: Thompson-Balys.
 
D263.3. D263.3. Transformation: man (girl) to comb. Hindu: Penzer VII 239.
 
D263.4. D263.4. Transformation: man to beads. Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 60.
 
D263.5. D263.5. Transformation: man to crown. German: Grimm No. 51.
 
D264. D264. Transformation: man (woman) to skein of silk. Fb “silke” III 204a.
 
D265. D265. Transformation: man to mat. Africa (Gold Coast): Barker and Sinclair 127 No. 22.
 
D266. D266. Transformation: man to pick-handle. Africa (Basuto): Jacottet 262 No. 39, (Congo): Weeks 200 No. 1.
 
D268. D268. Transformation: man to building.
 
D268.0.1. D268.0.1. Transformation: man to church. German: Grimm No. 51, 113.
 
D268.1. D268.1. Transformation: man to housepost. Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G. 13/276).
 
D268.2. D268.2. Transformation: man to figure on ridgepole of house. Maori: Clark 110.
 
D270. D270. Transformation: man to object – miscellaneous.
 
D271. D271. Transformation: man to meat.
 
D271.1. D271.1. Transformation: man to lard. Africa (Basuto): Jacottet 262 No. 39.
 
D275. D275. Transformation: man to feather. Tahiti: Beckwith Myth 37; N. A. Indian: *Thompson Tales 310 n. 117a.
 
D276. D276. Transformation: man to egg. Faroe islands: MacCulloch Eddic 151.
 
D281. D281. Transformation: man to storm. Hottentot: Bleek 65 No. 28.
 
D281.1. D281.1. Transformation: man to wind. Hottentot: Bleek 65 No. 28; India: Thompson-Balys.
 
D281.1.1. D281.1.1. Transformation: man to whirlwind. Africa (Basuto): Jacottet 140 No. 20.
 
D281.2. D281.2. Transformation: man to lightning. India: Thompson-Balys.
 
D281.3. D281.3. Transformation: man to thunder. Madagascar: Renel Contes de Madagascar I 94ff. No. 14.
 
D283. D283. Transformation: man to water.
 
D283.1. D283.1. Transformation: man (woman) to pool of water. Irish myth: *Cross, MacCulloch Celtic 60; India: Thompson-Balys; Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 532.
 
D283.2. D283.2. Transformation to spring of water. Hawaii: Beckwith Myth 17; Philippine (Tinguian): Cole 60.
 
D283.3. D283.3. Transformation: watersprite to flood. German: Grimm No. 181.
 
D283.4. D283.4. Transformation: person to seafoam. Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-D. 13/203).
 
D283.5. D283.5. Transformation: man to ocean wave. Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G 13/249); Maori: Beckwith Myth 318.
 
D284. D284. Transformation: man (woman) to island. Greek: Pauly-Wissowa: s.v. “Delos”.
 
D285. D285. Transformation: man to fire. India: Thompson-Balys; Penzer VIII 219; Hottentot: Bleek 65 No. 28.
 
D285.0.1. D285.0.1. Transformation: god to fire. India: Thompson-Balys.
 
D285.1. D285.1. Transformation: man to smoke. German: Grimm No. 163; Chinese: Werner 196.
 
D286. D286. Transformation: man to ashes. Hindu: Keith 115.
 
D287. D287. Transformation: man to mound. Africa (Bondei): Woodward FL XXXVI 367ff. No. 12.
 
D287.1. D287.1. Transformation: man to ant-hill. India: Thompson-Balys.
 
D287.2. D287.2. Transformation: man to pillar of earth. Africa (Loango): Pechuël-Loesche 110.
 
D291. D291. Transformation: man to mountain. Africa (Bakuba): Einstein 160.
 
D292. D292. Transformation: man to hair. *Charpentier 35 nn. 1, 2.
 
D293. D293. Transformation: man to star. Jewish: Neuman; Tuamotu: Stimson MS (T-G 3/1005).
 
D294. D294. Transformation into puff of dust. Tuamotu: Stimson MS (z-G. 13/203).
 
D295. D295. Transformation: man to spittle. Jewish: Neuman.

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