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J15A - Woman among the Jaguars.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
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.Berezkin category: Avenger heroes: The amerinday cycle
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 10, Adventures
J15 has 2 other sub-motifsJ15. Having set out in search of their husband, relatives, etc., a woman, girl or children accidentally take the wrong road and encounter creatures that kill or harm them. J15a. 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. J15b. While travelling, a woman finds herself in the house of a frog or toad. See motif J15. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of J15's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
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|---|---|---|
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| B99 | 99.97% | A person or their head left on a tree turns into an insect nest. |
| B24 | 99.95% | People who have entered into conflict or violated a prohibition are transformed into wild boars or peccaries. |
| B63 | 99.95% | Children lie to their mother, pretending to work in the fields. When the deception is revealed, they are left without a harvest and are transformed into atmospheric phenomena or celestial objects. |
| E19 | 99.95% | Narcotic plants arise from the body of a human being torn to pieces by others. |
| F75 | 99.95% | A hunter sees a tapir summoning a woman who lives in the water with a secret signal; she emerges from the lake or river, and the tapir mates with her. The hunter himself summons the woman and becomes her lover. |
| J9 | 99.95% | Even before they are born, children speak from their mother's womb, showing her the way. |
| K27YY3 | 99.95% | The hero must bring the fruits growing on a tree that is dangerous to approach. |
| L76 | 99.95% | When a female cannibal attacks a man, she devours or tears off his testicles. |
| I5A | 99.89% | The tapir is associated with the upper world (thunder, sky, moon). |
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Map of Motif Dispersal
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This motif has been recorded in 33 traditions: Yana, Guajiro, Wapishana (incl Ataroi); Mapidian; Taruma, Waiwai, Trio, Hixkariyana, Locono, Wayana, Aparai, Napo (Quijo), Kanelo (“Jungle Kechua”), Zaparo, Kofan, Shuar, Achuar (Shiwiar), Barasana, Taibano, Macuna, Desana, Siriano; Tatuyo, Bara, Tuyuca, Kabiyari, Yukuna (Yucuna), Tupinamba, Urubu (Urubu-Kaapor), Tenetehara, Machiguenga, Yuracare, Bolivian Guarani: Chiriguano (including assimilated Chane Arawaks), Pauserna (=Guarasu), Guarayu, Tapiete, Chacobo, Ese’ejja, Suruí, Gaviâo, Zoro, Arua, Cinta Larga, Bakairi, Kuikuro, Kalapalo, Calapalo, Kamayura, Trumai, Bororo, Caraja, Caduveo, Mbaya, Guarani of Paraguay and Brazil: Caygua, Mbia, Apapocuva, Nyandewa, Chiripa, Manao, Katawishi (Teffe lake); groups of uncertain affiliation mostly from Rio Jamunda