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L55 - Boiling water in the mouth.
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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 neutralise a dangerous enemy, a caustic or boiling liquid is poured into one of the openings of its body.Berezkin category: Adventures: Monsters and evil spirits
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 |
|---|---|---|
| M2 | 97.27% | The hero descends from a tree or rock on the back of an animal or on the backs of animals. |
| L3 | 95.55% | The demon takes on human form and comes to his wife (less often to another woman). Usually, the woman (alone or with a child) runs away and/or kills the monster, either by herself or with someone's help. |
| C13 | 95.40% | During or before the onset of a global catastrophe (flood, darkness) or (surui) at night, household items and/or stones, trees, domestic animals, and cultivated plants turn into wild birds and animals or come to life. |
| K6 | 95.20% | A vine or rope emerges from tears, snot, urine, saliva, and chewed substance. See motif K1A. |
| J8 | 95.01% | A woman or girl sets out in search of a husband (fiancé, etc.). Bird feathers left on the trail, at a crossroads or near a dwelling mark the right or wrong path. See motif J7. |
| F18B | 94.95% | After intercourse with a forbidden partner (incest, intercourse with an animal or spirit), a man's penis becomes so long that he is forced to carry it in a basket, etc. |
| M8 | 94.92% | Some characters (not humans) are struggling to break a strong barrier that prevents access to the desired location or to a high-value object. See also M8A - M8D motifs; they are included in the M8 motif in the correlation tables. |
| B17 | 94.85% | Darkness is a special object that can be carried and transferred (usually brought from the original owner in a vessel or bag). |
| D4O | 94.84% | In order to steal fire from its owner, the character pretends to be wet and cold, and after receiving permission to dry off, runs away, bringing fire to the people. |
| M21A | 94.66% | The character is pursued by an enemy. An animal hides the fugitive in its mouth or on its body, and when the pursuer appears, it refuses to open its mouth or expose part of its body. (Usually simulates illness – toothache, etc.). Cf. motif i87ad. |
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This motif has been recorded in 28 traditions: Arabs of Levant (Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan); Bedouins of Sinai, Shilluk, Anuak, Bushmen (all groups), Sepik-Ramu stock: Abelam, Yatmul, Aibom, Ayom (incl Tembregak, Asai-river pygmies), Tangu, Porapora (Ambakich), Rao and other groups of Middle Ramu and Upper Keram River tribes; Kwanga, Watam, Kaian, Gamei, Awar; Kire (Lower Ramu), Hungarians, Western Sami, Eastern Sami (including Skolts), Southern Selkups, Northern Selkups, Tutchone, Lkungen (Straits; including Samish, Songish, Sooke, Lummi), Klallam, Oregon Athabaskans: Lower Umpqua, Tututni (incl Joshua), Upper Coquille, Galice, Tolowa, Coos, Alcea, Popoloca; Tlapanec, Kogi (Cagaba), Sanha, Creols of Aritama Valley, Sicuani, Makiritare (Yecuana), Sanema, Yanomamo (Yanoama): Yanomam, Yanomami, Kofan, Chayahuita , Yagua, Xipaya, Ashaninca (Campa), Machiguenga, Mehinaku, Waura, Yaulapiti, Mocovi; Kechua of Santiago del Estero with probable Guaikuruan substratum; Abipon