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J25A1 - A child born in a grave saves his mother.
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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 woman dies, but remains incorrupt and gives birth to a child in the grave. He is found and brings his mother back to life.Berezkin category: Avenger heroes: The amerinday cycle
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 10, Adventures
J25 has 4 other sub-motifsJ25. Heroes (one, two or one of two), while still infants or embryos, disappear or are thrown away (often into water). To bring them back to the world of humans, they are lured, persuaded or (with difficulty) caught. J25a. The mother dies or is killed. The child in her womb or the newborn baby is buried with her. He comes out of the grave, meets people, returns to the grave, or is found in the entrails of his dead mother. In the end, the child stays with the people. See motif J25. J25a1. A woman dies, but remains incorrupt and gives birth to a child in the grave. He is found and brings his mother back to life. J25b. A pregnant woman dies and is buried. Her spirit leaves the grave to bring food to the child. The child is found and grows up. j25c. A she-wolf nurses an abandoned infant. He becomes an outstanding leader. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of J25's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| K9A | 100.00% | The punished character is suspended on a chain or metal thread between heaven and earth. |
| M114F | 100.00% | The girl has a minor physical defect. Man: The house is nice, but the pipe is crooked. Girl: But the smoke comes out well. |
| M39A4B | 100.00% | foolish woman thinks that frogs will make yarn or cloth for her, or buy yarn and throw the material into the water. |
| M39A4B1 | 100.00% | Foolish woman throws her yarn ways (into the water, into the bush) and believes that somebody with weave it |
| M147A | 99.01% | 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.). |
| M90A3 | 98.02% | plant grows from a killed snake or part of a snake's body. |
| N34 | 97.59% | 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. |
| L4A | 97.31% | To test the loyalty of the heroine (hero), the demon demands that she eat food that humans should not eat. Usually, when the heroine reports that the food has been eaten, the demon asks where the food is, and the food answers him. |
| K561 | 96.85% | A poor man brings his master a chicken (goose, etc.) as a present. The master asks him to divide the bird appropriately among the members of his household. The poor man does it considering the symbolic meaning of particular parts (gives the master the head, his daughters the wings, etc.) and receives rich compensation. A neighbor brings the master five chickens but is unable to divide them approppriately. The first man does it again. |
| I68A | 96.49% | Once a year, water briefly acquires unusual properties. |
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This motif has been recorded in 5 traditions: Western Ukrainians, Georgians, Anatolia Turks, Eastern Ukrainians, Northern Ukrainians