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K1D - The hero's wife's brothers abandon him.
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Summary of Motif
The hero's wife's brothers try to kill him by leaving him on an island.Berezkin category: Adventures: Acts of heroes
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 10, Adventures
K1 has 9 other sub-motifsK1A. A young man or man finds himself in a place where he is unable to move, but which is isolated from the ground: the top of a tree, a rock, a cave, a burrow, an island. This happens through someone else's fault: the antagonist lures or traps the hero, or (less often) leaves him no other option but isolation. After some time, the hero either finds a way to salvation himself, or is saved by someone else (often a bird or animal), or (rarely) undergoes a metamorphosis and no longer returns to his normal life. For texts with a fairy-tale episode in which the hero is sent down to the underworld and abandoned there, see motif K2A. K1B. A woman is lured onto a tree, rock or island and left there. K1c. A man is abandoned on an island but survives. After some time, the person who abandoned him comes to look at his bones. The abandoned man sails away in his boat, leaving him to die. K1d. The hero's wife's brothers try to kill him by leaving him on an island. K1e. The character is abandoned on an island or on the other side of a river or sea. See motif K1A. K1f. One man traps another, driven by jealousy or the desire to possess his rival's wife. See motifs K1A, K1E, K2A. K1g. The hero turns into a deer or creates a deer to gore the relative who sent him into a trap. K1h. The character finds himself inside a tree trunk or inside a rock; someone frees him by making a hole from the outside. K1i. Near the cliff, at the bottom of the pit, or in the underworld, a tree, reed, or vine grows, which the character uses to descend or climb to the ground. K1j. The abandoned one turns into a bird and returns home faster than the one who abandoned him. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of K1's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| K27Y1 | 99.95% | The character believes or pretends that arrowheads should be made of bark, coal, grass, and similar materials. |
| L79 | 99.08% | The girl marries a powerful, benevolent character; his first wife is a monster; he kills her or is satisfied that she has been killed by his new wife. |
| K87B | 99.00% | A woman is picking berries, steps in bear droppings, and scolds the bears. The offended bear takes her away and marries her. |
| I6A | 98.79% | The male and female of a huge bird carry different types of precipitation (for example, the eagle carries snow, and the eagle carries rain). Or (Buryats of Mongolia) the same bird carries different types of precipitation depending on whether it is angry or not. See motif i6. Traditions associated with Na-Dene languages are highlighted in italics in the list. |
| M81B | 98.75% | The character is warned not to try to reach an arrow if it gets stuck in a tree. He breaks the ban and gets into trouble. |
| K10F | 98.61% | The character turns the children of a flying monster into ordinary eagles or owls. |
| M20 | 97.78% | The character does something unacceptable, is caught, and his beak or jaw is damaged. Usually (except for the Koryaks), people keep the torn-off beak (jaw) in their homes, and the character comes and takes it back. |
| B7A | 97.65% | Someone possesses water or a drink. Another character swallows what is hidden, runs away and spits out what is hidden, making the water or drink available to everyone. |
| M64 | 97.47% | The character comes to the owner of valuables (food, fire) and pretends that he already owns them. As a result, valuables are made available (littoral is exposed at low tide, salmon spreads in waters, etc.). |
| A13A1 | 96.85% | The raven rescues or obtains the hidden or stolen sun (daylight). |
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This motif has been recorded in 8 traditions: Tutchone, Tagish, Inland Tlingit, Tahltan, Tlingit, Tsimshian, Heiltsuk (Bellabella), Oowekeeno, Bella Coola (Nuxalk)