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K47A - Woman and dog: the origin of humans.
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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 mates with a dog. Her children grow up to be humans and usually become the ancestors of certain ethnic groups.Berezkin category: Adventures: Acts of heroes
This is of motif type Cosmology and etiology and is part group 5, Origin of human beings, ethnic groups, etiology of human anatomy, strange body configuration, ways of behavior, marriages before the establishment of the present norms
K47 has 3 other sub-motifsK47a. A woman mates with a dog. Her children grow up to be humans and usually become the ancestors of certain ethnic groups. K47b. A woman marries a man who originally had the appearance of a dog. The birth of children from a dog is not essential to the plot. K47c. The marriage of a woman and a dog gave rise to dogs – friends and helpers of humans. K47d. A girl gives herself to a dog because it fulfils the condition of marriage set by her or her father for her future husband. See motif K47A. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of K47's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| M84B1 | 94.84% | A person enters a country from where fish come to people (and comes back). |
| L105 | 91.68% | A wounded animal, fish or anthropomorphic character runs or swims away – usually with a hook, harpoon, arrow or other hunting or fishing implement stuck in its body; local healers cannot cure the wounded creature (usually because they cannot see the object that caused the wound); a person comes to the wounded person's village and successfully treats them (usually by removing the object that caused the wound). Cf. motif M60A. |
| I106 | 91.31% | The Great Bear is one anthropomorphic character, not a group of people. |
| B85 | 91.13% | The wind blows too strongly, it is forced to calm down. |
| I23 | 90.32% | The door of the house opens and slams shut by itself, crushing those entering or leaving. See motif I22. |
| B82 | 90.27% | The raven (less often another bird of prey, or another black bird the size of a raven) was first white, and then turned black. |
| K34 | 90.12% | The character puts others on the swing and, after swinging them, throws them (or threatens to throw them) into the water, onto rocks, etc. |
| D10 | 90.08% | A couple of people serve as the embodiment of a tool for obtaining fire. |
| F11 | 89.98% | The penis burns, bites, eats food. |
| C16A | 89.39% | The offended mistress of animals or fish takes them and food supplies away. See motif H32A. |
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This motif has been recorded in 73 traditions: Yao, Makua, Bemba (Wemba, Babemba; incl Ambo, Lala, Lamba, Bisa), Holoholo, Kaonde, Tasmania, Torricelli family: Valman, Samap, Arapesh (Upper, Coastal), Monumbo, Lilau, Ngaimbom; Moando (Banara); Menya, Olo, Ontong Java, Nukumanu, Takuu, Nukuria, Bali, Lombok, Aceh (Acheh), Malay; Temuan (incl Mantra or Mentra), Jakun (Moken), Lampung (Lampong); South Sumatra Malays (incl. Bengkulu), Mentawai, 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, Southern Taiwan: Rukai, Paiwan, Puyuma, Saaroa, Ketangalan, Northern Taiwan: Atayal (Tayal; Taruko (Toda, Taokas, Torok, Taroko), Pazeh, Sedeq (Sediq, Seedeq, Sazek), Saisiyat (Saixia), Shan, Ahom, Khampti, Tjam, Ede, Jörai (Jarai), Bahnar, Bana, Sedang, Por, Stieng, Chrau, Sre (Koho), Maa, Mnong, Chin-Naga: Ao, Mao, Sema, Zeme, Kolren, Kom, Lhota, Rengma, Angami, Kabui, Tangkhul, Koirenf, Kuki, Chiru, Falam (Hallam), Chin (Meitei =Manipuri, Khami, =Kumi), Lakher, Mizo (Lushei), Anal, Pawi (Lai), Purum, Koireng, Milhiem, Kolhen, Mru, Miao (Hmong) and Yao of Southern China, Li , Early Chinese written sources, Bulgarians, Balkarians, Kara Kalpak, Uyghur, Hui (Dungan) of Xinjiang, Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Qinghai, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan (Dungan texts from Southern and Eastern China are clustered with the Chinese ones), Bashkirs, Mongols (Khalkha), Ainu, Japanese folklore outside of Ryukyu, Southern and Central; Ryukyu Islands: Yaeyama, Miyako, Okinawa, Manchu, Chukchi, Central Yupik, Nunivak Island, Chugach, Chipewyan, Tagish, Inland Tlingit, Tahltan, Tsetsaut, North Alaskan Inupiat, Mackenzie Delta, Copper, Netsilik, Caribou, Iglulik, Polar Inuit, East Greenland (Angmassalik, Kulusuk), Eyak, Haida, Tsimshian, Naskapi, Blackfoot, Sarsee (Tsuu T'ina), Arapaho, Mandan, Arikara, Plains Ojibwa, Chilkotin, Thompson (Nlaka'pamux), Comox, Pentlatch, Lushootseed (Puget Sound: Puyallup, Nisqualmi, Snuqualmi, Duwamish, Muckleshoot, Snohomish, Skagit), Lower Chehalis, Upper Chehalis, (Lower) Cowlitz, Western Sahaptin (Upper Cowlitz, Klikitat, Tenino, Umatilla, Yakima, Wallawalla), Quileute, Chemakum (Hoh), Quinault, Tillamook, Kalapuya, Tzotzil, Mundurucu, Curuaia, Central Tibetans (Yu Tsang, incl. Sikkim Tibetans, Tichurong of NW Nepal), Sundanese