Baleful Polymorph: Difference between revisions

* In [http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/firebird/stories/greekprincess.html "The Greek Princess and the Young Gardener"], a fox proves to be the enchanted brother of the Greek Princess. (Note that many other variants of this tale have the fox as a [[Talking Animal]]).

* [http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/sixswans/index.html "The Six Swans"] were princes changed to that form by their [[Wicked Stepmother]]. They could turn back into humans once an evening, but would turn into swans again after a short time.

* [http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/brothersister/stories/lambfish.html "The Lambkin and the Little Fish"] were a brother and sister changed to those forms by their [[Wicked Stepmother]].

* In [http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/cinderella/stories/birch.html "The Wonderful Birch"], after the hero marries the heroine, the [[Wicked Stepmother]] turns her into a reindeer and puts her own daughter in her place; a wise woman brings her child to the forest and she turns to a woman to tend it, and her husband burns her skin.

* In [http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/grimms/135whiteblackbride.html "The White Bride and the Black One"], the [[Wicked Stepmother]] turns her stepdaughter into a duck.

* In [http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/sixswans/stories/sevendoves.html "The Seven Doves"] the heroes are turned to birds by their sister's carelessness; similarly for their mother's in [http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/sixswans/stories/twelvewilducks.html "The Twelve Wild Ducks"] and their father's in [http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/sixswans/stories/sevenravens.html "The Seven Ravens"].

* In [http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/pussboots/stories/lordpeter.html "Lord Peter"], a variant of "[[Puss in Boots (novel)|Puss in Boots]]", the cat turns out in the end to be an enchanted princess.

* The hero of "[[East of the Sun and West of the Moon]]" was made a bear, albeit a [[Talking Animal]], by his [[Wicked Stepmother]] (in some versions, wicked attempted-mother-in-law) and can only take on his human form at night. Similarly with [http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/eastsunwestmoon/stories/norroway.html "The Black Bull of Norroway"], [http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/eastsunwestmoon/stories/brownbear.html "The Brown Bear of Norway"], [http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/eastsunwestmoon/stories/enchpig.html "The Enchanted Pig"], the dog in [http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/eastsunwestmoon/stories/daughterskies.html "The Daughter of the Skies"], and [http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/eastsunwestmoon/stories/whitewolf.html "The White Wolf"].