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B43A - Created from many objects.
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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 is created from many materials or objects, or from materials brought from different places.Berezkin category: The Origins of the Characteristics of the environment
This is of motif type Cosmology and etiology and is part group 5, Origin of human beings, ethnic groups, etiology of human anatomy, strange body configuration, ways of behavior, marriages before the establishment of the present norms
B43 has 1 other sub-motifsB43. Elements of the landscape or parts of the universe are created from the body of the original being. B43a. The character is created from many materials or objects, or from materials brought from different places. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of B43's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| B52C | 99.22% | When the earth and sky were created, they turned out to be different sizes. The earth was compressed, and mountains appeared. See motif B52. |
| K77C | 98.71% | Various objects and/or animals hide in the house where a strong enemy is expected to appear. They take turns attacking or frightening him, and he either dies or flees. See motifs K77a and K77b. |
| H46A | 97.98% | The possibility of using cereals for food is determined by the behaviour of the dog in the era of creation. See motif H46. |
| M75B3 | 97.20% | Enemies are shown a life-size or larger image of a horse or bull. Not realizing that this is a ruse, they bring the figure to their own territory and are defeated as a result. |
| L19B2 | 97.13% | A creature with nine heads is mentioned – either singly or at the end of a series of creatures with fewer heads. |
| K27ZY | 96.95% | A young man (woman) lives in the house of a cannibal (witch). In order to destroy him or her, the cannibal orders that a certain object be brought from other cannibals (often from his or her mother or sister). The hero or heroine escapes (and destroys all the cannibals). |
| H44 | 96.91% | A human enters into a relationship with a non-human being. When they part, the being tears apart (or intends to tear apart) their child. (Most of the data was collected by S.Y. Neklyudov). |
| L37A | 96.46% | On the way to a powerful being, a person meets characters who ask him to ask questions on their behalf (usually to find out the cause of their misfortunes). |
| K79 | 96.45% | Finding himself in a helpless situation, a man sees how a small animal finds a cure for itself or another animal. The man uses the same cure, saves himself or saves another. |
| H49 | 96.43% | A dog or other animal kills a creature that threatened a small child. The owner or other people mistake the saviour for an aggressor and kill it. |
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Map of Motif Dispersal
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This motif has been recorded in 32 traditions: Ot Danum, Ngadju, Miao (Hmong) and Yao of Southern China, Lepcha, Kirati (Kiranti): Rai (incl Thulung), Limbu, Newar, Ireland, France, Germans: North (Low- and Central German dialects): Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg, Pommern, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony, incl East Frisia and Oldenburg), Nordrhein-Westfalen, Hessen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Thüringen, Saxony-Anhalt, Sachsen, Brandenburg, Rügen, Poles, Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians, Moldovans, Lithuanians, Estonians, Finns, Western Sami, Eastern Sami (including Skolts), Western Ukrainians, Ingush, Armenians, Kazakh, Mordvins, Eastern Khanty (Ostyaks), Tungus (Evenki): Baikal region, Evenks, Tungus (Evenki) of China (Solon, Birar, Oroqen, Manegir), Evenks, Tungus (Evenki): Russian Far East, Evenks, Western Tungus (Evenki), Western Siberia Tungus (Evenki): Sym River, Ket River, Lkungen (Straits; including Samish, Songish, Sooke, Lummi), Klallam, Eastern Ukrainians, Northern Ukrainians, Ilimpii Tungus/Evenki, Yerbogachen Tungus/Evenki, Tungus/Evenki of Nercha - Chita area, Russian Federation