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B22 - The offended person knocks down the tree.
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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 character left under the tree is offended by those who climbed up the tree (usually they do not share their food with him or her). In retaliation, he or she knocks down the tree. The events described are of cosmic proportions.Berezkin category: The Origins of the Characteristics of the environment
This is of motif type Cosmology and etiology and is part group 3, Cosmogony, the earth and the sky, etiology of the elements, natural and biological phenomena (fire, water, soil, thunderstorms, dream, etc.), cataclysms and cosmic threats, spirits of nature
B22 has 1 other sub-motifsB22. The character left under the tree is offended by those who climbed up the tree (usually they do not share their food with him or her). In retaliation, he or she knocks down the tree. The events described are of cosmic proportions. B22a. Boys climb a tree to eat fruit and refuse to throw the fruit down to the tapir, who tries to kill the boys. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of B22's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| L7 | 99.02% | While chasing a person, spirit, monster or beast, mistakenly chases after a large two-legged object passing by, usually an animal. |
| K55 | 98.91% | A powerful character finds out whether his guest has made love to his daughter or wife (if the character is a woman: whether he has attempted to have sexual contact with her). A man who is impotent or (successfully pretends to be) chaste is rewarded (at least not punished). In most cases, the other character engages in sexual contact or is unable to hide what he has done and is punished as a result. |
| F50 | 98.65% | Children have the ability to leave their mother's womb and return to it again. |
| F9B | 98.56% | A biting piranha in a woman's genitals. |
| B42D | 98.45% | In the cosmic hunting plot, the object of pursuit is a bear. See motif B42. |
| E9G | 98.45% | Before meeting the hero, his beloved (wife, helper) has the image of a vulture. |
| H38 | 98.45% | A supernatural character changes appearance and comes to the hero's children (less often to the hero himself). Unaware of the trick, they hand over the magical object they have obtained to its former owner, and the character disappears with it. |
| K11B | 98.45% | The bones of a huge bird are turned into reeds or bamboo for making arrows or sarbacanes. |
| M1A | 98.45% | The caiman transports one of the brothers or a group of brothers, who then turn into the Pleiades. It usually bites off the leg of the youngest. Cf. motif K13B. |
| B22A | 98.27% | Boys climb a tree to eat fruit and refuse to throw the fruit down to the tapir, who tries to kill the boys. |
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This motif has been recorded in 12 traditions: Uduk, Ngbakka, Mbum (incl Mbai), Mundang, Fali, Tupuri, Maya (=Bali), Nyong, Batak (Toba, Dairi), Sarsee (Tsuu T'ina), Tzotzil, Chol; pre-Columbian Mayan iconography outside of Yucatan, Craho, Cariri, Mocovi; Kechua of Santiago del Estero with probable Guaikuruan substratum; Abipon, Chamacoco (Ishir), Mataco, Toba (incl Pilagá)