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B4 - The elongated land.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
Islands or mainland pulled out of the ocean, pulled by a rope.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
B4 has 1 other sub-motifsB4. Islands or mainland pulled out of the ocean, pulled by a rope. B4a. Fish beat against the ground, breaking off islands from the mainland. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of B4's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| B4A | 97.30% | Fish beat against the ground, breaking off islands from the mainland. |
| E39 | 86.69% | The child of a pig or boar is a woman or man – the ancestor of a certain group of people. |
| E8A | 86.36% | Women or people in general emerge from fruits (often coconuts), or fruits or, less commonly, leaves turn into people or only women. Cf. motif k33c. |
| G21 | 86.31% | A coconut palm grows out of the character's head. |
| F49 | 86.25% | Women had their stomachs cut open to remove the baby. Someone explains how to give birth or makes childbirth possible. |
| M111 | 86.25% | Two animals (usually a monkey and a turtle) agree to gather fruit. The one who can climb trees eats the good fruit and throws one peel or rotten fruit to its companion. The companion takes revenge. |
| L85B1 | 86.14% | After ascending to the sky (meeting God, returning from the sky to earth), a physically disabled young man (usually with only half a body) becomes whole. |
| L112 | 85.72% | A physically defective boy is born (tiny, with one head, half a body, etc.). After a series of adventures, he gains physical completeness. |
| A12E | 84.36% | The spider attacks the sun or moon (usually causing lunar eclipses). |
| A21A | 84.23% | The moon is an object that was accidentally released by its owners or stolen from them and ended up in the sky. |
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Map of Motif Dispersal
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This motif has been recorded in 27 traditions: Tonga, Santa Cruz Islands (incl Nguna, Reef Islands), Kanaka (New Caledonia), Loyalty Islands (Uvea, Lifu, Mare), Fiji, Samoa, Rotuma, Wallis (=Uvea, different from Melanesian Uvea), Futuna, Tikopia, Bellona, Rennell, partly Aneytium, Futuna (=Erronan, not to be mixed with Futuna in Western Polynesia), Vaeaka-Taumato, incl Matema, Nifeloli, Nukapu, Nupani, Pileni, Maori, Moriori (Chatam Islands), Society Islands: Tahiti, Borabora, Raiatea, Northern Cook Islands: Rakahanga, Manihiki, Tongareva, Southern Cook Islands: Mangaia, Rarotonga, Atiu, Iatutakim Pukapuka, Tubuai (=Austral Islands, incl Rapa), Tuamotu, incl Pukapuka (different from Pukapuka in Cook Islands), Vahitahi, Anaa, Hao, Fangatau, Mangareva, Marquesas, Hawaii, Gilbert Islands, Nauru, Banaba (Ocean island), Yap, Truk, Eastern Fayu, Losap, Pulap, Puluwat, Mortlock (incl. Satawan), Marshall Islands, incl Ailinglapalap, Arno, Jaluit, Kili, Lae, Maloelap, Majuro, Ratak, Wotho, Ujae, Jaluit (=Jalooj), Namdrik, Koyukon, Gwich'in (Kuchin, Loucheux), North Alaskan Inupiat, Mackenzie Delta, Tokelau, Solomon Islands