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I5A - Thunder tapir.
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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 tapir is associated with the upper world (thunder, sky, moon).Berezkin category: Supernatural objects, objects and creatures
This is of motif type Cosmology and etiology and is part group 3, Cosmogony, the earth and the sky, etiology of the elements, natural and biological phenomena (fire, water, soil, thunderstorms, dream, etc.), cataclysms and cosmic threats, spirits of nature
I5 has 2 other sub-motifsI5. Thunder (lightning, rain) has the appearance of a four-legged mammal - a pig, buffalo, camel, anteater, tapir, dog, cat, leopard, monkey, etc. I5a. The tapir is associated with the upper world (thunder, sky, moon). I5b. The flying jaguar causes storms, rain, and thunderstorms. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of I5's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| K13D | 100.00% | A group of boys reaches the sky, the last one's leg is cut off or torn off. |
| K19F | 100.00% | A star or many stars descend from the sky to work in the fields. See motif K19B. |
| M139 | 100.00% | The fox caught the birds and put them in a bag. Another character secretly replaced them with thorns. |
| B99 | 99.98% | A person or their head left on a tree turns into an insect nest. |
| L88 | 99.94% | A man kills a demon, but when he touches its remains some time later, it comes to life. |
| J11 | 99.94% | The son in his mother's womb asks her to pick flowers or fruit for him (usually when a woman picks flowers, she is bitten by an insect). See motif J9. |
| J15A | 99.89% | Setting off on a journey (usually in search of a fiancé, husband, or relatives), a woman finds herself in the lair or settlement of large dangerous predators - pumas or jaguars. See motif J15. |
| B28A | 99.89% | A character pinned to the ground by a rod, transported somewhere to the edge of the world and associated with an object that continues to influence people. |
| B32 | 99.89% | As a result of conflict with their husbands, women turn into fish. |
| J10 | 99.89% | A woman loses her way after being stung by a wasp (or bee, ant, snake). She slaps her stomach (either to kill the insect or to punish her unborn sons, because of whom she went to pick a flower and was stung; see motif J11). The offended sons fall silent, ceasing to show the way. See motif J9. |
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Map of Motif Dispersal
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This motif has been recorded in 5 traditions: Tanana, Sanema, Yanomamo (Yanoama): Yanomam, Yanomami, Kabiyari, Yukuna (Yucuna), Urubu (Urubu-Kaapor)