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F65D - The fake dead man: the wife doesn't believe it.
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Summary of Motif
The character pretends to be dying and is left at the burial site. However, his wife (mother, aunt) finds out about the deception and provokes the supposed dead man, forcing him to reveal himself.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
F65 has 4 other sub-motifsF65. To satisfy their secret desire, which involves breaking social norms (forbidden sex, refusing to share food with relatives), the character pretends to be dying, abandoned at the burial site. F65a. The spouse leaves the character at the burial site; the (pretend) dead person comes back to life and leaves to be with their lover. F65b. The character fakes death in order to eat greedily alone. F65c. A man pretends to be dead (in order to marry his daughter or to be able to eat the meat of hunted animals alone). One of his younger children recognises their (adoptive) father or notices that the supposed dead man is alive (he runs away from the funeral pyre, laughs, etc.). F65d. The character pretends to be dying and is left at the burial site. However, his wife (mother, aunt) finds out about the deception and provokes the supposed dead man, forcing him to reveal himself. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of F65's motifs? |
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This motif has been recorded in 10 traditions: Eastern Khanty (Ostyaks), Nenets, Northern Selkups, Kets, Reindeer Koryak, Forest (Upper Kolyma) Yukaghir, Chukchi, Asiatic Eskimo (Sirenek, Naukan, Chaplino), Pomo, Northern Khanty (Ostyaks)