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L26A - Extermination of spirits.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
During the (first) initiation, men kill supernatural characters (reproducing their appearance and/or voices during rituals from that moment on).Berezkin category: Adventures: Monsters and evil spirits
This is of motif type Cosmology and etiology and is part group 5, Origin of human beings, ethnic groups, etiology of human anatomy, strange body configuration, ways of behavior, marriages before the establishment of the present norms
L26 has 1 other sub-motifsL26. During the (first) initiation, supernatural beings teach boys rituals and kill them for violating rules related to the consumption and distribution of food. L26a. During the (first) initiation, men kill supernatural characters (reproducing their appearance and/or voices during rituals from that moment on). Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of L26's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| J14 | 95.32% | To find the man of her dreams, a woman follows the sounds of music or singing; she usually distinguishes imposters by listening to their clumsy performance. See motif J12. |
| L47 | 87.78% | The hero's enemy approaches him upside down or backwards, giving the hero the opportunity to kill him or escape. See motif L46. |
| J59 | 87.65% | To reach the sky, one must shoot an arrow that will pierce the vault of heaven. See motif J58; see motif J59A: a man flies after or on an arrow (without the motif of an arrow piercing the vault of heaven). |
| I66 | 87.48% | The Milky Way is ash or smouldering embers. |
| J58 | 87.46% | Characters shoot arrows (darts) that stick into each other and form a chain. They usually climb up the chain to the upper world. |
| B60 | 86.83% | Children come into conflict with their parents over food, clothing, attention, which they demand and which their parents deny them, and sexual behaviour. They leave their parents, turning into birds, bats, stars or atmospheric phenomena. See motif B59. |
| F38 | 85.83% | Women were the keepers of secret knowledge, shrines, or ritual objects that are now forbidden to them; they attempted to regain this knowledge or these objects. |
| B13A | 85.73% | A stream of water (with a predator in it) rushes after a character who is trying to escape from it. |
| F96 | 85.33% | A girl or wife rejects an unattractive man. He becomes handsome (usually after encountering a supernatural being), and those who treated him badly are punished. |
| F42A | 84.33% | In the community of the first ancestors, young men or boys turn into birds or bats and fly away. |
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Map of Motif Dispersal
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This motif has been recorded in 6 traditions: Northern Vanuatu: Banks Islands (incl Mota, Mota Lava, Gaua, Santa Maria), Torres Islands, Western Keres (Acoma, Laguna), Barasana, Taibano, Macuna, Desana, Siriano; Tatuyo, Bara, Tuyuca, Kabiyari, Yukuna (Yucuna), Tariana