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I77 - The lame thunderer.
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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 powerful character associated with thunderstorms and rain, lame.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
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| I8E | 95.70% | The sky or the earth is supported by four anthropomorphic male characters located at the four cardinal points. |
| A8B | 95.36% | Setting beyond the horizon, the sun shines on the anthropomorphic inhabitants of the underworld – the dead, dwarves, etc. |
| I80 | 93.94% | A character who finds himself in the locus of a deity responsible for atmospheric phenomena violates certain prohibitions or instructions, thereby causing excessively strong thunderstorms, rain, snowfall or wind. |
| H26 | 92.99% | A vessel containing stinging insects or reptiles should be thrown into a river or the sea, or buried in a remote place. See motif H24B. |
| M57B | 92.88% | Beads or metals are the bodily secretions of a deity. |
| I48 | 92.81% | The character is deprived of the ability to move, after which he acquires cosmic dimensions: he supports the earth (sky) or his movements cause earthquakes (less often - storms). |
| B2B | 91.59% | The earth feeds on the people buried in it. See motif B2A. |
| A47 | 91.58% | The sun is born or emerges from an egg. |
| G16 | 90.65% | Ants are the first to find cultivated plants that are unknown to others and concentrated in one place. |
| E33 | 90.29% | People arise from grains, seeds, dough. |
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This motif has been recorded in 14 traditions: Li , Greeks (modern), Balkarians, Western Ukrainians, Mordvins, tarasques, Aztec; Aztec and Teotihuacan iconography, Popoloca; Tlapanec, Quiche, Achí, Cakchiquel, Pocomchi, Pocomam, Huastec (Teenek), Tzotzil, Eastern Ukrainians, Northern Ukrainians, Greece, Montenegro