Being seized, person changes his or her guise in succession, one of the transformations is into the fire (and also into the water)
| Areal ID | Tradition |
| 3.4.1.1 | Ancient Greece |
| 3.5.1.1 | Greeks (modern) |
| 4.1.2.4 | Rusyns, Hutsuls |
| 4.1.2.5 | Byelarusians |
| 4.2.5.1 | Latvians |
| 4.3.2.3 | Chuvash |
| 5.1.3.1 | Abkhaz |
| 5.6.3.4 | Tamil, Muthuvan, Marvar |