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B66 - The rope turns into vines.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
Characters climb to the sky using a rope or chain of arrows; when it falls to the ground, it turns into forest vines. See motif J47.Berezkin category: The Origins of the Characteristics of the environment
This is of motif type Cosmology and etiology and is part group 7, Etiology of plants and animals and of their peculiar features, particular animals as protagonists of cosmological stories, metamorphoses, weather and calendar
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| C15 | 100.00% | A monstrous jaguar (puma) is locked in a cave or tree trunk. |
| C34A | 100.00% | A supernatural character goes with people to catch fish or lives on the sand by the river; he is buried in the sand or thrown into the river, into a swamp, or otherwise persecuted. Usually, he himself or his father sends a flood. |
| H32B | 100.00% | A girl and/or boy, who are the children of a deity, come to live with humans, leading to an abundance of food/resources. Due to the hurt they have caused, the children return to their own world, and human life becomes difficult or meagre. |
| L1D | 100.00% | The jaguar-werewolf kills most people and is killed by the woman who survives. |
| K13B | 99.70% | A man crosses a body of water on the back of a caiman. The caiman bites off his leg. The cripple undergoes a metamorphosis, turning into a constellation or an animal. |
| L1E | 99.65% | A monstrous bird is created from a small amount of human or animal flesh (usually from the heart) or from lumps of manioc starch. |
| F37 | 99.55% | To summon her lover, the character taps on a calabash placed on the water. |
| G11 | 99.54% | The squirrel plays an important role in cutting down a giant tree (usually chopping or trying to chop the vine that holds it, see motif G10). |
| G10 | 99.00% | A tree whose trunk has been cut down remains hanging because it is held up from above. |
| B7D | 99.00% | Water pours from a broken bone, flooding the earth. |
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This motif has been recorded in 6 traditions: Makiritare (Yecuana), Shuar, Achuar (Shiwiar), Aguaruna, Huambiza, Witoto, Ocaina, Iranxe, Bororo