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I34 - Dangerous tree.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
It is necessary to approach a tree that is surrounded by fire, spews fire, throws sharp splinters, etc.Berezkin category: Supernatural objects, objects and creatures
This is of motif type Cosmology and etiology and is part group 8, Queer and monstrous beings, creatures, objects and loci, folk beliefs related to particular phenomena and objects
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| G26 | 94.87% | After swallowing or hiding food in their mouth, the character brings it to earth (passes it on to people). |
| F35 | 93.48% | A character offers another person the meat of his sexual partner, and the other person, unaware, eats or cooks it. |
| J8 | 93.34% | A woman or girl sets out in search of a husband (fiancé, etc.). Bird feathers left on the trail, at a crossroads or near a dwelling mark the right or wrong path. See motif J7. |
| F28A | 92.86% | A penis grows out of the ground or out of the water in a lake. Women summon it as needed. |
| I54 | 92.79% | Inside a snake or other aquatic creature are aquatic animals or live fish; an aquatic monster gives birth to fish, is the master of fish; turns into many fish. |
| C13 | 92.75% | During or before the onset of a global catastrophe (flood, darkness) or (surui) at night, household items and/or stones, trees, domestic animals, and cultivated plants turn into wild birds and animals or come to life. |
| M8 | 92.57% | Some characters (not humans) are struggling to break a strong barrier that prevents access to the desired location or to a high-value object. See also M8A - M8D motifs; they are included in the M8 motif in the correlation tables. |
| K6 | 92.03% | A vine or rope emerges from tears, snot, urine, saliva, and chewed substance. See motif K1A. |
| L22A | 91.96% | Having broken some taboo, seen an unusual object or strange character, people fall into a deep sleep and wake up in the morning blind. See motif L22. Among the Watut, Khmou and Trumai, a spirit eats out a person's eyes and they die immediately without waking up). |
| B100 | 91.92% | In the past or in a distant land, sleep was unknown; a certain character embodies sleep, possesses it or teaches how to sleep; sleep is a special substance. |
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This motif has been recorded in 1 traditions: Andoque