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B7D - Water pours from a bone.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
Water pours from a broken bone, flooding the earth.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
B7 has 3 other sub-motifsB7a. Someone possesses water or a drink. Another character swallows what is hidden, runs away and spits out what is hidden, making the water or drink available to everyone. B7b. The sea (flood, river) flows out of a small container. B7c. Fresh water, which its sole owner hides in a vessel or pond, is scattered throughout the world. B7d. Water pours from a broken bone, flooding the earth. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of B7's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| I129 | 100.00% | The rainy season is associated with the appearance of the Heron constellation in the sky. |
| L7B | 100.00% | While chasing a person, spirit, monster or beast, he mistakenly throws himself after a calabash floating down the river. |
| G11 | 99.90% | 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). |
| L1E | 99.83% | A monstrous bird is created from a small amount of human or animal flesh (usually from the heart) or from lumps of manioc starch. |
| A13B | 99.71% | During an eclipse or at the first appearance of night, ants eclipse the sun. |
| A9 | 99.71% | The moon-woman does not allow her son or husband, the Sun, to destroy people. |
| L3A | 99.71% | Left alone, a woman carelessly calls for someone to help her with the housework; a demon comes and kills the woman or her child. |
| I27B | 99.38% | A dog carries a person across a river to another world. See motif I27. |
| M47 | 99.38% | When punishing a person or animal or restoring a dismembered body, a character intentionally or accidentally puts his head to his ass. |
| G10 | 99.03% | A tree whose trunk has been cut down remains hanging because it is held up from above. |
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This motif has been recorded in 5 traditions: Karijona, Kabiyari, Yukuna (Yucuna), Andoque, Bora, Amahuaca, Cashinahua, Sharanahua, Yaminahua, Yawanahua, Capanahua)