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F98 - God and the cow.
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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 heavenly anthropomorphic deity descends to earth and mates with a cow.Berezkin category: Gender and sex
This is of motif type Cosmology and etiology and is part group 5, Origin of human beings, ethnic groups, etiology of human anatomy, strange body configuration, ways of behavior, marriages before the establishment of the present norms
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| I4D1 | 95.26% | An enemy steals the tendons (heart and eyes) of a thunder god, who returns them and prevails over his enemy. Cf. motif L57A, "The hero's companion returns his organ." |
| M114J | 93.34% | A woman does not refuse those who harass her, but calmly explains that there is no point in trying to possess many, since they are all the same (they differ no more than eggs painted in different colours). |
| M90B | 91.35% | The character was wrong when he claimed that the sun would never rise in the west or go down after midnight. |
| N34 | 91.08% | Streams (jets) that consist not of water but of honey (honey and butter, butter and milk, milk and blood) are mentioned as signs of generosity and abundance. Cf. H16 motives - H16B, K33F. |
| G8G | 90.74% | There is a unique tree that must be bent or felled. Different creatures inhabit its separate parts and/or objects of special importance are made from its wood. |
| K143 | 90.72% | The protagonist of the narrative is a bird catcher or bird hunter, or the son of a bird catcher (hunter). |
| A19C1 | 89.76% | The sun or moon travels across the sky in a chariot or sleigh. |
| A19C | 89.13% | The sun is associated with a horseman or rides in a carriage drawn by horses (equidae). |
| M147A | 89.11% | When the foxes (wolves) meet and one of them (one of the wolves) asks when they will see each other again, the other replies that it will be at the fur market (at the furrier's, etc.). |
| K27Z6 | 88.98% | Having fallen victim to injustice and endured suffering, a young woman tells her story to certain inanimate objects (often a "stone of patience"), or her husband tells the story after learning of his wife's fate. The woman is saved, justice is restored. |
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This motif has been recorded in 11 traditions: Sumer, Akkad, Assyria, Babylonia, Ugarit, Phoenicia, Indian literary tradition (Vedic, Brahman, Purana, Indian Buddhism, Hinduism, Ramayana, Mahabharata, Panchtantra, Jatakas); iconography of Hindu temples, Ireland, Wales, Ancient Greece, Hittite, Hurrit, Karachays, Balkar, Kalmyk, Central Tibetans (Yu Tsang, incl. Sikkim Tibetans, Tichurong of NW Nepal)