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F15 - Character sticks his penis out of the ground, K1315.2.1.
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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 character sticks his plant-like penis out of the ground (provoking a woman to sit on it).Berezkin category: Gender and sex
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 11, Tricks and competitions won thanks to deception, absurd and obscene behavior
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| M81D | 98.66% | A person meets (most often in the sky) one or two blind people and restores their sight. |
| J53B | 98.59% | Two women live together, both have children. One of them leaves the house with the other, kills her, brings her meat home and starts cooking it. The children of the deceased notice their mother's breasts (in California – eyes or liver), or the mother's breasts themselves turn to her children. |
| E30A | 98.20% | A man without a wife or a woman without a husband uses a substitute spouse made of wood or other material until a real spouse appears. |
| K27T | 97.76% | Competition: climbing a pole. See motif K27. |
| E37 | 97.06% | The creator collects many sticks, feathers, reeds, etc., and turns them into people (either people of both sexes and all ages, or no mention is made of gender or age). |
| J57 | 96.91% | Conceived by the Sun, a woman gives birth to sons or a son; when they come of age, they visit their father. See motif J56. |
| F45B | 96.23% | A woman gives birth to a son conceived by (the rays or light of) the sun. |
| D4K | 96.23% | The deer obtains fire for humans. See motif D4A. |
| L40A | 96.22% | An unattractive woman sees the reflection of a young man sitting in a tree in the water and thinks that she has become beautiful. |
| J23A | 96.20% | A woman cries, and the discharge from her nose (her tears) turns into a boy, who grows up and defeats strong opponents. |
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This motif has been recorded in 14 traditions: 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, Semang, Senoi, Nivkh, Tahltan, Haida, Kwakiutl (Kwakwaka'wakw), Bella Coola (Nuxalk), Blackfoot, Crow, Chilkotin, Northern Shoshone, Western Shoshone, Gosiute, Eastern Shoshone, Upper Chinook: Wasco, Wishram, Clackamas, Kathlamet