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J6 - The children of the murdered woman grew up in the house of their antagonists.
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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 pregnant woman is killed (and eaten). Twins are taken from her womb, who are usually also destined to be eaten, but they escape, live (secretly) in the house of their antagonists, and take revenge on them.Berezkin category: Avenger heroes: The amerinday cycle
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 10, Adventures
J6 has 2 other sub-motifsJ6. A pregnant woman is killed (and eaten). Twins are taken from her womb, who are usually also destined to be eaten, but they escape, live (secretly) in the house of their antagonists, and take revenge on them. J6a. A pregnant woman with a young daughter fall into the hands of cannibals. The cannibals find and eat the woman, but her daughter and the baby in her womb are saved. J6B. The mother of the heroes is not killed, but loses her sight. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of J6's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| F50 | 99.75% | Children have the ability to leave their mother's womb and return to it again. |
| F34A | 99.56% | All women of the community of the first ancestors or all Amazons have a common lover of non-human nature or simultaneously mate with animals of a certain species, summoning them with a conventional signal. |
| H21 | 99.03% | The character controls animals or fish; a boy, young man or girl knows his secret or serves as bait themselves; another character forces the boy (girl) to reveal the secret and/or help him in the same way that he or she helped the first character, or leads the boy to go fishing but kills him, or the boy himself starts hunting, breaking the rules; as a result, the boy or girl is killed or carried away by animals or fish. See motif H18. |
| L7A | 98.59% | A character who sticks to another creature and refuses to let go, first sticking to a human, then to an animal, or first sticking to an animal, then to a bird. |
| B24 | 98.45% | People who have entered into conflict or violated a prohibition are transformed into wild boars or peccaries. |
| B63 | 98.45% | Children lie to their mother, pretending to work in the fields. When the deception is revealed, they are left without a harvest and are transformed into atmospheric phenomena or celestial objects. |
| E19 | 98.45% | Narcotic plants arise from the body of a human being torn to pieces by others. |
| F75 | 98.45% | A hunter sees a tapir summoning a woman who lives in the water with a secret signal; she emerges from the lake or river, and the tapir mates with her. The hunter himself summons the woman and becomes her lover. |
| J9 | 98.45% | Even before they are born, children speak from their mother's womb, showing her the way. |
| K27YY3 | 98.45% | The hero must bring the fruits growing on a tree that is dangerous to approach. |
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This motif has been recorded in 31 traditions: Arabs of Iraq, Iraqi, Masai, Kikuyu, Chuka, Embu, Emberre, Mwimbe, Khoekhoe (=Hottentot; incl Nama, Korana); Damara, Bering Strait Inupiat (incl. King Island), Yana, Guajiro, Yanomamo (Yanoama): Yanomam, Yanomami, Trio, Napo (Quijo), Kanelo (“Jungle Kechua”), Zaparo, Kofan, Shuar, Achuar (Shiwiar), Aguaruna, Huambiza, Barasana, Taibano, Macuna, Kabiyari, Yukuna (Yucuna), Tupinamba, Urubu (Urubu-Kaapor), Tenetehara, Amuesha, Yuracare, Bolivian Guarani: Chiriguano (including assimilated Chane Arawaks), Pauserna (=Guarasu), Guarayu, Tapiete, Suruí, Gaviâo, Zoro, Arua, Cinta Larga, Bakairi, Kuikuro, Kalapalo, Calapalo, Kamayura, Trumai, Paresi, Bororo, Caraja, Tapirape