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L102A - Escape from the seagull husband.
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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 seagull kidnaps a girl or woman, but she manages to return to people.Berezkin category: Adventures: Monsters and evil spirits
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 10, Adventures
L10 has 1 other sub-motifsL10. The character has a sharp (biting) tail or a protrusion on its back. See motif L9, cf. motif L9C. L10a. A demonic character approaches a man's campfire. The man leaves a log in his place and hides. The character throws himself on the log, mistaking it for a sleeping man; usually, the hunter kills or wounds the demon. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of L10's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| E9A | 95.26% | Before meeting the hero, his beloved (wife, helper) has the image of a fox. |
| B42O | 94.28% | A certain constellation is represented by a person who has been struck or wounded in the back. |
| B16B | 91.29% | The sea is salty because a wolverine or a fox bathed in it or urinated in it. |
| B38B | 91.29% | Two quadrupeds (or a quadruped and another creature) adorn each other themselves or are adorned by someone else. |
| K51 | 91.26% | The husband feigns death, disappears or leaves home for a long time. The wife learns that he has married another woman, finds and, as a rule, kills her husband and/or rival, who often turns out to be a creature of non-human nature. |
| B38A | 91.26% | Two birds agree to paint each other. One of them does not become more beautiful as a result and often becomes uglier. See motif B36A. |
| A31A | 90.97% | Upon learning that her husband or lover has committed an act incompatible with accepted norms, a woman cuts off her breast and shows it to him. |
| M94A | 90.45% | The demonic character kills his victims, provoking them to slide down the mountain. |
| B38D | 90.37% | The Raven and the Owl paint each other. |
| M29A | 90.30% | See the motives in square brackets. |
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This motif has been recorded in 6 traditions: Udeghe, Chukchi, Koyukon, Iglulik, Polar Inuit, Baffin Land Inuit