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F100 - Test of chastity (queen and maid).
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
A magic potion reveals that the only chaste woman is the maid, an orphan, etc. The king chooses the maid.Berezkin category: Gender and sex
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 10, Adventures
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| C18A | 95.50% | The hidden sun is lured out by the rooster, or people believe that without the rooster's crow, the sun will not rise. |
| K32H | 93.70% | The antagonist is executed by being buried alive. |
| I88 | 93.54% | Describes a creature with several tails. |
| H3 | 93.32% | Death is sent to people as punishment for excessive sympathy for a dead animal or for funeral games, during which they bury an animal, tree, etc. |
| M151 | 90.81% | A dangerous character pretends to be dead or absent, or pretends to be an inanimate object. The potential victim says aloud that the deceased (object or place – house, burrow, log, etc.) should do or say something. The character does so, revealing himself. |
| E9B | 90.58% | Before meeting the hero, his beloved (wife, helper) has the image of an elephant (elephant tusk). |
| F51B | 90.52% | To find out the nature or location of a character's locus, another person secretly attaches a long thread to it and follows it. |
| F28A1 | 90.37% | The living penis is a dangerous creature that attacks people. |
| H36F | 90.20% | The raven is sent to deliver an important item or message. He distorts the message or loses what has been entrusted to him. |
| L81D | 90.16% | Two cripples with different physical disabilities quarrel and fight, and as a result become whole and healthy. |
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This motif has been recorded in 6 traditions: Ancient Egypt, Egyptian, Igbo (Ibo); Isoko, Urhobo, Indian literary tradition (Vedic, Brahman, Purana, Indian Buddhism, Hinduism, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Panchtantra, Jatakas); iconography of Hindu temples, Telugu (incl. Yanadi, Chenchu), Koreans, Norwegians