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K174 - The thrown ring.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
To signal their arrival, a person places, or more often discreetly throws, a ring or other small item of personal jewellery or toiletries into the jug of a maid or servant. Upon discovering it, the other person understands that the first is nearby.Berezkin category: Adventures: Acts of heroes
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 10, Adventures
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| F14 | 98.47% | The hero is born as a result of the union of a man with a stone or rock. |
| L125 | 98.24% | After meeting a beautiful woman, a man finds her in a situation where her inhuman nature is revealed. After that, the marriage falls apart. |
| K38B | 98.08% | A snake or monster of aquatic-chthonic or indeterminate nature eats or maims the young of a bird or other flying creature – in most cases, the chicks of a huge bird. A man kills the snake (monster). See motif K38. |
| M149B | 98.02% | A person says that in his stomach (in a box) there are dangerous creatures that he has swallowed (put in a box) and that they may come out. A predator that is about to eat (bite) a person believes this and runs away. |
| L15E | 97.99% | The hero's life is in a certain object, usually his weapon. An enemy steals or discards this object, the hero weakens or dies, his friends or brothers return the object, and the hero comes back to life. {In ATU, this is motif 302B; at least some of the references cited by Uther do not contain the motif in our formulation (not found in Japan or Burma); original publications are required}. |
| M84C | 97.99% | Sleeping in a deserted place, a person finds himself among spirits. One of them explains that he has a guest, that is the same person. |
| I51A | 97.97% | The earth is supported by or has a large mammal at its centre. See motif I8B. |
| K38C | 97.79% | After the hero helps the bird (usually by doing good to its chicks), it takes him to the place he desires, or instructs its chicks to do so. (This does not involve movement between levels of the universe; in the Sumerian version, the bird gives the hero the ability to move with lightning speed and directs him to his goal). |
| F9F | 97.70% | Without the woman's knowledge, the demon regularly kills her suitors on their wedding night. |
| K77B2 | 97.54% | The goat (goat, ram, etc.) responds to the predator's questions in the sense that parts of its body are weapons and other objects designed to kill the questioner, or that the goat is actually armed. |
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This motif has been recorded in 29 traditions: Western Sahara and Mauritania Arabs; Berbers of Mauritania (Zenaga), Arabs of Sudan, Sudanese, Other West Chadic: Ngas, Bolanchi, Tangale, Mindanao and Sulu: Blaan (Bilaan), Bagobo, Bukidnon, Cotabato, Hiligáynon, Binukid, Magindaan (=Magindanao: main Muslim population), Mandaya, Mansaka, Manobo (Agusan, Ata, Dibabawon, Sarangani, Ilianen), Maranao, Samal, Subanon (=Subanun), Subanen, Tboli, Thai of Vietnam, Tai Lue, Khao (Kho, Tai Don, White Tai), Tai Dam (Black Tai), Nung; Zhuang, Buyi; Shui, Mikir (Karbi), Tamil, Muthuvan, Marvar, Tamils, Sindhi, Greeks (modern), Balkarians, Serbs, Monte Negro, Balkarians, Albanians, Balkarians, Uzbek, Tajik, Persians, Abaza (Abazins), Abkhaz, Abkhazians, Nogai, Svans, Georgians, Armenians, Crimean Tatars, Karaims, Azeris (Azerbaijanis), Bashkirs, Chuvash, Tuvinians of Tuva, Tuvans, Central Tibetans (Yu Tsang, incl. Sikkim Tibetans, Tichurong of NW Nepal), Mustang, Lao, Sulu, Pamun, Samal, Taosug