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E21 - The victim of aquatic creatures finds revenge.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
A child catches fish (with poison), or fish poison is secreted from his body. Fish or water snakes kill him. Death is avenged.Berezkin category: The origins of people and culture
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 10, Adventures
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| L82 | 100.00% | A person deliberately or accidentally burns his foot in a fire or burns himself completely; he turns into a demonic creature. See motif L9 (man with a sharp foot). |
| M29QQ | 100.00% | See the motives in square brackets. |
| B58 | 99.99% | After the first ancestors steal the original fire, a forest bird the size of a partridge (Penelope sp.; Anhima cornuta; etc.; jacu, paujil) swallows a hot coal. As a result (except for the Andoc), its neck turns red. |
| D4P | 99.99% | The parrot obtains fire for humans. See motif D4A. Australian data is not taken into account, as the common origin of the motif in America and Australia is excluded. |
| D6B | 99.99% | The one who is burned turns into a crocodile/caiman. |
| I63 | 99.91% | The Milky Way is the tapir's trail; the tapir can be seen on the Milky Way. |
| M6 | 99.90% | A young man or girl spends night in the forest. The forest partridge (Tinamus sp.) provides him or her a fire, a shelter and/or a hammock but takes them away and flies away itself when the person does something wrong |
| B1F | 99.89% | In the era of creation, two men have a common origin, are not antagonists, and display their characteristics in a series of episodes. One is intelligent and successful, the other is simple-minded and irresponsible. |
| C37 | 99.85% | The sloth causes a global catastrophe or saves people from it. |
| K27H | 99.85% | The hero must carve an image of the character's head, which he never shows. It usually adorns a wooden bench. |
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Map of Motif Dispersal
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This motif has been recorded in 7 traditions: Baniwa (incl. Wakuenai), Bare, Piapoco, Curripaco, Siusi, Guarikena , Mura (Pirahã), Maue (Mawe), Parintintin; Villa Bella (tribal affiliation unknown), Nambikwara, Paresi, Manao, Katawishi (Teffe lake); groups of uncertain affiliation mostly from Rio Jamunda