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D5 - Woman controls fire.
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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 original owner or inventor (but not the embodiment) of fire is a female character.Berezkin category: Fire and Laughter
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
D5 has 1 other sub-motifsD5. The original owner or inventor (but not the embodiment) of fire is a female character. D5a. The first fire is hidden in a woman's genitals or anus. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of D5's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| G13B | 96.61% | Before the advent of cultivated plants, people ate mushrooms. Creatures of a non-human nature feed on mushrooms. Mushrooms are imaginary, inferior food. |
| B17 | 95.28% | Darkness is a special object that can be carried and transferred (usually brought from the original owner in a vessel or bag). |
| F38 | 95.18% | Women were the keepers of secret knowledge, shrines, or ritual objects that are now forbidden to them; they attempted to regain this knowledge or these objects. |
| E8 | 94.34% | The first humans or the wife of the first ancestor were made of wood. |
| M44C | 94.08% | A young hero steals the older character's food. He is usually caught, but not punished, but invited into the house. |
| G13A | 93.55% | Before the advent of cultivated plants (fire, hunting skills), people ate earth, clay, and stones. |
| G17 | 92.80% | Cultural or important food crops, partially cultivated plant species owe their origin to snakes, moray eels or crocodiles/caimans. |
| B9 | 92.34% | A huge amount of water is contained in the trunk of a tree, or the tree turns into water. |
| B55 | 92.27% | Fish grow on tree branches or tree leaves turn into fish. |
| D12 | 92.12% | People in the past or inhabitants of distant lands cooked food in the sun; or the owner of the fire lies, saying that the food was cooked in this way. |
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This motif has been recorded in 50 traditions: Safwa, Mkulwe, Ngonde, Kinga, Nyakusa, Nyamwanga, Bemba (Wemba, Babemba; incl Ambo, Lala, Lamba, Bisa), Holoholo, Kaonde, Songe (Kisonge), Bena-Matembo, Enenga, Mpongwe, Kuta (Koto), Nkomi, Masango, Mindumu, Mbede, Mitsogo, Bawunga, Ndumu (Ndumbo), Duma, Teke, (B)wende, Bushmen (all groups), Papua-NewGuinea Highland Papuans:Trans New Guinea & unclassified:Chimbu,Gimi,KaugelHuli,Gadsup,Kuman,Kutubu,Foi (Foe),Kyaka,Kamano (Kafe),Mawatta,Kukukuku (=Anga,=Sambia;Manki,Nauti,Ejuti),Baruya,Kewa,Tembregak,Menya,Melpa,Wiru,Pondoma, Sepik-Ramu stock: Abelam, Yatmul, Aibom, Ayom (incl Tembregak, Asai-river pygmies), Tangu, Porapora (Ambakich), Rao and other groups of Middle Ramu and Upper Keram River tribes; Kwanga, Watam, Kaian, Gamei, Awar; Kire (Lower Ramu), Torricelli family: Valman, Samap, Arapesh (Upper, Coastal), Monumbo, Lilau, Ngaimbom; Moando (Banara); Menya, Olo, Melanesians of the islands of Massim District ( =Milke Bay Province) to the east of New Guinea: Dobu, Rossel, Fergusson, Goodenough, Murua (Woodlark), Trobrian Islands, d'Entrecasteau Islands, Northern Vanuatu: Banks Islands (incl Mota, Mota Lava, Gaua, Santa Maria), Torres Islands, Central Vanuatu: Espiritu Santo, Araki, Aore, Maewo, Malekula, Vao, Efate (Vate), Nguna, Mae, Ambrim, Pentecost, Oba (=Aoba, East Ambae, Lepers'), Omba, Southern Vanuatu: Tanna, Aneiteum (Polynesian component not included), Eromanga, Maori, Moriori (Chatam Islands), Yap, Batak (Toba, Dairi), Simeulue, Nias, Sora (Savara, Saora), Parenga, Tanana, Karok, Cherokee, Atsugewi, Yana, Cahuilla, Cupeño, Luiseño, Juaneño, Huichol, Tepecano, Western Mexico Nahuatl, Aztec; Aztec and Teotihuacan iconography, Rama, Guatuso, Kogi (Cagaba), Sanha, Creols of Aritama Valley, Yaruro, Makiritare (Yecuana), Yabarana, Wapishana (incl Ataroi); Mapidian; Taruma, Pemon: Arekuna (incl. Kamarakoto), Taulipang (Taurepan), Wayana, Aparai, Colorado (Tsachila), Cañari, Barasana, Taibano, Macuna, Kabiyari, Yukuna (Yucuna), Witoto, Ocaina, Chacobo, Mundurucu, Curuaia, Rikbaktsa, Paresi, Chamacoco (Ishir), Chorote, Ofaie, Papua-New Guinea Southern Lowland Papuan groups (Trans New Guinea and unclassified): Gimi, Kiwai, Bina, Mawabula, Mawatta, Keraki, Gambadi (incl. Kwavaru), Purari River delta, Masingara, Wiram (=Suki), Ngain, Daga, Elema, Palau