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B115B - The slain person turns into a viburnum.




31 Myths, Legends and Folktales
31 Unique Narratives for Motif B115B
7 Cultures & Traditions where B115B is told
0 Mythemes Indexed
2 Sub-Motifs of Motif B115B


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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.



Summary of Motif

One brother kills another, or one sister kills another, or a brother kills a sister. A viburnum or other shrub with red berries grows in this place.

Berezkin category: The Origins of the Characteristics of the environment


B11 has 2 other sub-motifs


B11.  A river (rarely: a chain of lakes, a narrow strait) or its current course is created by humans or animals. See motifs B12, B13. This section covers other variants of the motif.
B11a.  The mammoth, represented as an underground fish-like creature, creates rugged terrain on wet ground and digs river beds.
B11B.  At the beginning of time or during the flood, the mammoth drowned or sank into the ground, and since then it has not been seen on earth.

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No dispersal data found for motif 'b115b'.

Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns

MotifSimilarityMotif Summary
A10.00%Another sun — less powerful or less favourable to humans — existed before the appearance of the current one.
A100.00%The sun gets its sparkling eyes (eye) from an animal.
A11A0.00%The visible sun or moon are their eyes; if the eyes of the luminaries were not damaged, it would be much brighter and hotter.
A11B0.00%The sun or moon has one eye (usually the second eye is knocked out or sucked out, but sometimes the reason is not explained; among the Munduruku, the sun of the rainy season has lost both eyes, while the sun of the dry season has retained both). See motif 11A.
A11C0.00%The Sun and Moon kill a monster whose eyes shine differently. At first, the Moon takes the brighter eye, but then swaps with the Sun.
A120.00%A creature or creatures regularly (sunrise and sunset, winter and summer, night and day, phases of the moon) or occasionally (eclipses, eschatological catastrophes) attack the luminaries or block their light.
A12A0.00%During an eclipse or under other circumstances, predators attack the luminaries: wolves, bears, jaguars, pumas, dogs, foxes, raccoons. See motif A12.
A12B0.00%During an eclipse or at sunset (marked *), the luminaries are swallowed by a toad or frog.
A12C0.00%Eclipses of the sun, moon or their setting (marked*) are caused by a snake, lizard, dragon, fish or crocodile; these creatures attack the luminaries now or attacked them at the beginning of time. See motif A12.
A12D0.00%Birds attack the sun or moon during an eclipse (covering them with their wings) or (*) cover the sun during sunrise or sunset. See motif A12.

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This motif has been recorded in 7 traditions: Poles, Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians, Moldovans, Western Ukrainians, Armenians, Eastern Ukrainians, Northern Ukrainians, Russian Federation


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