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* In ''[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/sixswans/index.html The Six Swans]]'', the brothers are turned to swans.
* Swan Maidens - Common to mainland Europe, and Russia. The women (occasionally men too) in question are normally swans, but they leave their feathered cloaks behind when they bathe as humans. This has influenced many stories, modern and old including the ballet ''Theatre/SwanLake'', Swanmays in ''Literature/ThreeHeartsAndThreeLions'' and ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', AnitaBlake's Swan Men, etc. 
** {{Fairy Tale}}s incorporating this in the Quest for the Lost Wife include [[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/swanmaiden/index.html "The Swan Maiden"]] and [[http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/swan.html#meier "The Three Swans"]].
** Fairy tales that end with the wife's escape include [[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/swanmaiden/stories/sweden.html "The Swan Maiden"]].
* In the Lithuanian tale of [[http://www.fairy-tales.parnas.info/en/lithunian/swan-queen.html The Swan Queen]], the swan woman is treated very badly by all and sundry.
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* Swan Maidens - Common to mainland Europe, and Russia. The women (occasionally men too) in question are normally swans, but they leave their feathered cloaks behind when they bathe as humans. This has influenced many stories, modern and old including the ballet ''Theatre/SwanLake'', Swanmays in ''Literature/ThreeHeartsAndThreeLions'' and ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', AnitaBlake's Swan Men, etc. 
** {{Fairy Tale}}s incorporating this in the Quest for the Lost Wife include [[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/swanmaiden/index.html "The Swan Maiden"]] and [[http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/swan.html#meier "The Three Swans"]].
** Fairy tales that end with the wife's escape include [[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/swanmaiden/stories/sweden.html "The Swan Maiden"]].
* In the Lithuanian tale of [[http://www.fairy-tales.parnas.info/en/lithunian/swan-queen.html The Swan Queen]], the swan woman is treated very badly by all and sundry.
* In ''[[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/sixswans/index.html The Six Swans]]'', the brothers are turned to swans.
* In the variants of the ChivalricRomance ''The Swan Children'', the bride is more or less clearly a swan-maiden; she gives birth to children who are first [[MosesInTheBullrushes exposed]] and then [[InvoluntaryShapeshifting transformed into swans]] by removing the chains they wear about their necks. When this is discovered, the children are changed back by restoring --except that one chain was melted down, trapping that child in swan form.
* In NorseMythology, there are two swans that drink from the sacred Well of Urd in the realm of Asgard, home of the gods.
* Swans are revered in Hinduism, and are compared to saintly persons whose chief characteristic is to be in the world without getting attached to it, just as a swan's feather does not get wet although it is in water.

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