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L41C - Children sledding down a hill.
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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 cannibal grabs children as they slide down a hill.Berezkin category: Adventures: Monsters and evil spirits
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 10, Adventures
L41 has 4 other sub-motifsL41. After catching a person, the cannibal carries his prey home, but the captive escapes on the road or at the cannibal's house. See motif L38 (a person falls into a demon's trap). L41a. The character runs away from his captor, leaving a stone (or a log, sand) in his place. See motif L41. L41a1. When the demon tries to shake the meat out of the bag over the cauldron, stones fall from the bag into the cauldron and it splits, or the boiling water spills out and scalds the demon. L41b. A basket in which a cannibal puts people is smeared or filled with tar. See motifs L41, L42. L41c. A cannibal grabs children as they slide down a hill. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of L41's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| B48C | 98.06% | In the head of the pike there are (visible) tools used by people. |
| B68B | 98.00% | A character who, by his appearance, behaviour or unexpected appearance, tried to frighten God (people) and was turned into an animal (with a different appearance than before) for this. |
| M84B2 | 94.87% | The character carefully preserves the bones of migratory birds eaten (not fish or animals) and the birds come to life again. (Episodes of reviving a domestic goose or rooster are not taken into account in everyday tales). |
| B110 | 94.81% | A character who is dragged along the ground or who runs, falls apart or hits the ground with different parts of his body. This determines the characteristics of the landscape and flora. |
| B42I | 94.49% | Cassiopeia is associated with a deer or elk. |
| H7F | 94.49% | God gives instructions that certain categories of people must die and suffer. The character who receives the instructions, caring for the people, passes on other orders to the executors. |
| B3C | 92.83% | When the creator, having created the land, lies down to rest, the antagonist tries to drown him, dragging him to the edge of the earth. As a result, the earth expands, and the antagonist is unable to reach its edge. |
| C31A | 92.58% | The master (mistress) of the underworld receives (should receive) heavenly lights or fire. Due to a trick or accident, they are not given to him or are returned. |
| I98B | 91.91% | The Pleiades – ducks, nest or wild duck egg. |
| A29A | 91.91% | Heavenly and earthly women (demons) pull a man in different directions. As a result, he (or his half) turns into a heavenly object. |
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This motif has been recorded in 9 traditions: Lithuanians, Western Sami, Eastern Sami (including Skolts), Kerek, Reindeer Koryak, Maritime Koryak (Alyutor), Central Yupik, Lkungen (Straits; including Samish, Songish, Sooke, Lummi), Klallam, Itelmen