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F96 - Becoming handsome.
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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 girl or wife rejects an unattractive man. He becomes handsome (usually after encountering a supernatural being), and those who treated him badly are punished.Berezkin category: Gender and sex
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 |
|---|---|---|
| J60 | 98.11% | A woman conceives twins from two different fathers. |
| J3 | 97.54% | A woman conceives a son or twins in a way that is incomprehensible to her; the reason is that when she sits on the ground, a male character (animal) creeps under the ground and fertilises her from below. |
| J58 | 97.02% | Characters shoot arrows (darts) that stick into each other and form a chain. They usually climb up the chain to the upper world. |
| D13C | 96.94% | Two companions or brothers live together. The older one has a wife, whom he hides. To discover her, the younger one, left alone in the house, makes her laugh. |
| I28A | 96.94% | Large animals that are hunted go underground and cause earthquakes. |
| F44 | 96.89% | In the community of the first ancestors, women and men quarrel, leave, kill, maim each other, etc. |
| B13A | 96.85% | A stream of water (with a predator in it) rushes after a character who is trying to escape from it. |
| F42 | 96.34% | Feeling wronged, men leave their wives or sisters. |
| L63 | 96.12% | The character eats food with the womb or anus. See motif F9A. |
| L9A | 96.03% | The character's leg is crippled (intentionally or accidentally) or originally pointed. He uses the pointed bone for hunting, fishing or killing people. |
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This motif has been recorded in 10 traditions: Iranian literary tradition (including Avesta, Pahlevi scripts, Sah-nameh, Marzban-nameh); Zoroastrians of Iran, Indian Parsees, Zoroastrianism, Blackfoot, Sarsee (Tsuu T'ina), Arikara, Sicuani, Mundurucu, Curuaia, Kayabi, Paresi, Mataco, Chorote