Yu.E. Berezkin, E.N. Duvakin

Thematic classification and distribution of folklore and mythological motifs by area

Analytical catalogue translated by Jon F White

Introduction
Bibliography
Ethnicities and habitats

M9A. Turning into a tree frog .57.58.59.61.-.63.68.

A character who eagerly sucks honey from a hollow and/or gets stuck in a hollow turns into a tree frog. See M9 motif.

Southern Venezuela. Yanomami.

Guiana. Warrau [an old woman eagerly sucks honey from the hollow, the hero closes it inside, she turns into a tree frog]: Wilbert 1970, No. 37, 139-141, 144:104, 282-283, 288, 293, 305; oyampy [two wives; heads turn into tree frogs, bodies into red daguets]: Grenada 1982, No. 45:284.

Western Amazon. Maihuna; kofan; napo; achuar.

NW Amazon. Tatuyo; barasana; maku.

Central Amazon. Rio Branco.

Southern Amazon. Mejinacu.