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MAGIC MOTIFS: Transformations * | Magic objects * | Magic powers * | Wishes * | Long sleep *

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Transformations and Disenchantment (Magic) [D0-D799]

• The Frog Prince [Germany] VARIANTS *
  • Frog Prince Continued by Jon Scieszka
• The Sorcerer's Apprentice [Germany]
• Beauty and the Beast
  
  
• Werewolf

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Magic Objects [D800-D1699]

• BEANS - Jack and the Beanstalk VARIANTS
• BROOM - The Sorcerer's Apprentice by Nancy Willard
• GENIE - Aladdin [Arabia]
• POTS
  • The Magic Cooking Pot [India]
  • Strega Nona by Tomie DePaola
  • The Funny Little Woman by Arlene Mosel
  • The Magic Cooking Pot by Faith Towle
  • The Full Belly Bowl by Jim Aylesworth
  • Bone Button Borscht by Aubrey Davis
  • Button Soup by Doris Orgel
  • Two of Everything: A Chinese Folktale by Lily T. Hong
• PIPE
  • Pied Piper of Hamelin
  
  
  
• speaking objects
• chair to which people stick
• mesmerizing musical instrument
• cooking pot that never gets empty
• magic healing plant

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Magic Powers [AT D1700-D2199]

• Baba Yaga [Russia] VARIANTS
  • Alice Nizzy Nazzy: The Witch of Santa Fe by Tony Johnston
  • Babushka Baba Yaga by Patricia Polacco [Russia]
  • Grandma Chickenlegs by Geraldine McCaughrean
  • Matreshka by Becky Ayres
  • Baba Yaga and Vasilisa the Brave by Marianna Mayer
• The Fisherman and His Wife [Germany]
  • The Stonecutter * [Japan] and other VARIANTS *
  
  
  
• power of magicians or a fairy godmother
• creating a spell
• magic long sleep
  • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs [Germany]
  • Urashima Taro [Japan]
  • Sleeping Beauty [Germany] variant
    • Sleeping Beauty by Frances Minters
    • Sleeping Ugly by Jane Yolen
    • Princess Sonora and the Long Sleep by Gail Levine
    • Thorn Rose by Jacob Grimm
• making wishes come true
  • The Two Stonecutters [Japan]
  • Nothing at All by Wanda Gag [1942 Caldecott Honor]
  • The Fisherman and His Wife

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For a broadened view of folklore, refer to The Folktale by Stith Thompson for tale types and motifs.

For your reading enjoyment, peruse "Folk Tales of the North American Indians" by Stith Thompson. It includes tales categorized by culture group and motif.

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