Note 58.1 — Chapter XV · THE COUVADE AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE STRENGTH OF THE BLOOD-TIE—CONCLUSION OF THE INQUIRY INTO THE THEORY OF THE LIFE-TOKEN.
Reading edition
See, among others, Dozon, 89 (Story No. 12); Von Wlislocki, Transs. Zig., 111 (Story No. 47); Volksdicht., 286 (Story No. 44); Romero, 4 (Story No. 1); ii. Stumme, 62 (Story No. 4); Büttner, 122; Georgeakis, 72 (Story No. 11); Wardrop, 30. In many cases the severed member has the power, which would have belonged to its owner, of changing the hero, so long as it is in his possession, into an animal of the same kind. For instance, Wolf, Deutsche Märchen, 88 (Story No. 20); Poestion, 212 (Story No 51); i. Cosquin, 166 (Story No. 15); Carnoy, Contes Franç., 276; i. Comparetti, 240 (Story No. 55); v. Pitrè, 215 (variant of Story No. 81), 386 (Story No. 106); i. Finamore, pt. i., 90 (Story No. 19).