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M94A - Mountain riding: antagonist victims
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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 demonic character kills his victims, provoking them to slide down the mountain.Berezkin category: Adventures: Tricks and episodes
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 10, Adventures
M94 has 4 other sub-motifsM94. One character invites the other to roll down the mountain to destroy him. Cf. Motive L42C. M94a. The demonic character kills his victims, provoking them to slide down the mountain. M94a1. By stupidity or negligence, a zoomorphic character rolls down a mountain and as a result dies or suffers damage (attacks the edge, falls into the water, etc.). M94b. The character is lured to look under the mill wheel, he dies or is maimed. M94b1. The character is lured to look under the mill wheel, he dies or is maimed. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of M94's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| B16B | 99.09% | The sea is salty because a wolverine or a fox bathed in it or urinated in it. |
| B38B | 99.09% | Two quadrupeds (or a quadruped and another creature) adorn each other themselves or are adorned by someone else. |
| M123D | 98.88% | A bird from the corvid family is rejected after its mate or relatives discover that it eats carrion or filth. |
| A31A | 98.29% | Upon learning that her husband or lover has committed an act incompatible with accepted norms, a woman cuts off her breast and shows it to him. |
| B38C | 98.24% | The raven and the loon paint each other. |
| M123C | 96.79% | A non-migratory bird sets off south with migratory birds, but is unable to reach its destination. |
| I50B | 95.74% | Describes or depicts a predatory animal with six or more legs. |
| I123 | 95.53% | Altair with a small neighbouring star from the constellation Aquila or Vega with a similarly faint star are considered to appear during or immediately after the winter solstice, although they are actually visible before that. |
| M29A1 | 94.62% | In three or more different episodes related to deception, absurd, obscene or anti-social behavior the protagonist is raven (crow) |
| K51 | 94.34% | The husband feigns death, disappears or leaves home for a long time. The wife learns that he has married another woman, finds and, as a rule, kills her husband and/or rival, who often turns out to be a creature of non-human nature. |
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Map of Motif Dispersal
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This motif has been recorded in 8 traditions: Mansi, Eastern Khanty (Ostyaks), Forest (Upper Kolyma) Yukaghir, Upper Tanana (Nebesna), Tanacross, Tutchone, Tagish, Gwich'in (Kuchin, Loucheux), Sechelt (incl Sisiatl), Squamish, Halcomelem