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I56A - Man is an evil spirit in the world of spirits.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
When a person who has entered another world touches the local inhabitants, they become ill or die.Berezkin category: Supernatural objects, objects and creatures
This is of motif type Cosmology and etiology and is part group 8, Queer and monstrous beings, creatures, objects and loci, folk beliefs related to particular phenomena and objects
I56 has 1 other sub-motifsI56. Moving between worlds, the same living person is visible to some and invisible to others. I56a. When a person who has entered another world touches the local inhabitants, they become ill or die. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of I56's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| J27B | 99.60% | An infant is thrown into a lake or river and occasionally comes ashore. In addition to his earthly parents, he has a father (and mother) in the underwater world. He does not want to part with them, nor do they want to let him go. |
| M91D | 99.54% | The character deceives others by passing off the dead as alive, directing suspicions of murder to innocent people, etc. When a shaman (less often a shaman) is ready to discover the truth, he succeeds in it kill and avoid being charged with murder. |
| B11A | 99.52% | The mammoth, represented as an underground fish-like creature, creates rugged terrain on wet ground and digs river beds. |
| K52C1 | 99.52% | Demonstrating his power, a shaman, sorcerer or other character with magical abilities causes the dwelling in which he and other people are located to begin to fill with water. Sometimes it is said that this water is an illusion. One episode: the magical specialist orders those present to catch the birds or fish that have appeared with the water, or they begin to catch them on their own initiative; when the water disappears, people see that they are holding not caught animals, but their penises or something else. |
| B81 | 99.51% | The creator and his opponent consider whether to give the dog the ability to shoot (with a bow or a gun). |
| K89C | 99.37% | A girl parts with her brother or sister. He or she becomes the wife or husband of a bear and helps the girl. |
| B74 | 99.24% | The eyes of the capercaillie or black grouse turned red from tears. |
| M186 | 99.15% | An animal (fox, wolf, leopard) runs along the shore, while a fish (burbot, goby, catfish) swims in the water. The animal calls out to the fish, which is always ahead (usually keeping other fish at a distance, but in the Negidal variant, the motif of competition is omitted). |
| B38E | 98.35% | The character kicks a loon or other waterfowl. Since then, it has had a flattened tail and finds it difficult to walk on land. |
| N5 | 98.24% | Long trips, hikes, flights, or battles are described using a formula that indicates that characters learn about winter through snow or frost, and summer through warmth, rain, dew or other similar signs. |
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This motif has been recorded in 10 traditions: Darkhad, Nganasans, Kets, Central Yakuts (Sakha), Dolgans, Tungus (Evenki): Baikal region, Evenks, Evens (Lamuts), Uilta (Orok), Nivkh, Tlingit