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L30 - He who eats a snake wants to drink.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
The one who broke the food taboo experiences terrible thirst and drinks a huge amount of water.Berezkin category: Adventures: Monsters and evil spirits
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 |
|---|---|---|
| K10B | 94.01% | A huge bird carries away to its nest a cage, bag or other container in which people are located. See motif 10A. |
| M56A | 93.62% | A weak character hits a crocodile, but the crocodile is safe. He says he would be killed if the attack hit a specific location. Next time, the same character hits this place and kills a crocodile. |
| L28A | 93.47% | People (or a certain person) eat the meat of a snake (dragon, unusual fish). This results in a flood, landslide, or the appearance of a river or lake. |
| I80A | 91.28% | Upon meeting the Thunders, a person becomes one of them. |
| F36 | 90.61% | (Adopted) children of a woman or man kill the lover (or spouse of non-human nature) of their father or (adoptive) mother. |
| D4D | 87.92% | The opossum obtains fire for humans. See motif D4A. |
| I4B | 87.92% | A person helps thunder defeat the enemy. |
| J40 | 87.19% | The sky is inhabited by creatures that descend to kill people. Usually, the creature carries away a person or many people, or a human head. The hero (usually a close relative of the deceased) avenges the killer and/or returns the kidnapped person (persons; the carried-away body part). |
| E33 | 85.93% | People arise from grains, seeds, dough. |
| I17A | 84.97% | Creatures without an anal opening or mouth - dwarves. |
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This motif has been recorded in 14 traditions: Hui (Dungan) of Xinjiang, Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Qinghai, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan (Dungan texts from Southern and Eastern China are clustered with the Chinese ones), Menominee, Sauk (Sak, Mesquakie), Fox, Kickapoo, Five Nations Iroquois (Seneca, Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga), Tuscarora, Tonkawa, Lushootseed (Puget Sound: Puyallup, Nisqualmi, Snuqualmi, Duwamish, Muckleshoot, Snohomish, Skagit), Kekchi; Mopan, Paya (Pech), Sumu, Misquito, Napo (Quijo), Kanelo (“Jungle Kechua”), Kofan, Shuar, Achuar (Shiwiar), Aguaruna, Huambiza, Mocovi; Kechua of Santiago del Estero with probable Guaikuruan substratum; Abipon