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E22 - The swallowed gains knowledge.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
Once inside a certain creature, the swallowed character learns rituals, songs, ornamental motifs, obtains drugs or poison, and, once outside again, passes this knowledge on to people.Berezkin category: The origins of people and culture
This is of motif type Cosmology and etiology and is part group 6, Origin and interpretation of culture elements, in particular related to agriculture, inadequate forms of subsistence and economic activity before the establishment of the present norms
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| A24A | 97.98% | At the moment of the first day or the first night, people transform into supernatural characters. |
| A18 | 97.30% | The sun and/or moon make their daily and/or nightly (underground, in the land beyond the horizon, behind the mountain) journey in a boat. |
| H26 | 92.83% | A vessel containing stinging insects or reptiles should be thrown into a river or the sea, or buried in a remote place. See motif H24B. |
| J24 | 91.69% | The hero, ground into powder, is reborn. |
| K15A | 91.44% | The hero secretly replaces the weapon or magical tool of a powerful character with a worthless fake. Traditions in which the replaced weapon belongs to Grom are highlighted in bold. |
| L83 | 91.29% | A character who has only a head left (motif L5) or who has burned his leg (motif L82) turns into lightning/thunder (or emits lightning/thunderclaps). |
| C14 | 91.12% | During or on the eve of a global catastrophe (flood, darkness), animals or monsters attack people. (See motif C13A (rebellion of things: animated objects and/or domestic animals threaten people, attack them).) |
| K16 | 91.06% | Taking the form of a bird, bat, insect, small animal, or fish, the man enters the young woman's home (her father's house). |
| B67 | 90.58% | A fallen tree and/or its stump turns into a mountain (mountain range) or rocks. (Usually, the branches of this tree bear the fruits and shoots of various cultivated plants, see motif G5). |
| A1 | 90.55% | Another sun — less powerful or less favourable to humans — existed before the appearance of the current one. |
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Map of Motif Dispersal
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This motif has been recorded in 8 traditions: Karelians, Diegueño: Ipai, Tipai, Kamia (Kumeai), Yaruro, Piaroa, Wapishana (incl Ataroi); Mapidian; Taruma, Waiwai, Barasana, Taibano, Macuna, Desana, Siriano; Tatuyo, Bara, Tuyuca