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M108A - Trickster-adopted child.
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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 lonely elderly couple adopts a trickster. He steals from them (and runs away).Berezkin category: Adventures: Tricks and episodes
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 11, Tricks and competitions won thanks to deception, absurd and obscene behavior
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| B45B | 99.17% | The bull or cow is the embodiment of cold, the reason why winter is cold. |
| M171B | 98.33% | The character pretends to have brought meat on a shoulder blade and gives it to the hosts to cook. Taking a bare bone without meat out of the pot, he accuses the hosts of stealing the meat. |
| N5 | 98.16% | Long trips, hikes, flights, or battles are described using a formula that indicates that characters learn about winter through snow or frost, and summer through warmth, rain, dew or other similar signs. |
| B38E | 98.11% | The character kicks a loon or other waterfowl. Since then, it has had a flattened tail and finds it difficult to walk on land. |
| M91D | 97.95% | The character deceives others by passing off the dead as alive, directing suspicions of murder to innocent people, etc. When a shaman (less often a shaman) is ready to discover the truth, he succeeds in it kill and avoid being charged with murder. |
| B74 | 97.78% | The eyes of the capercaillie or black grouse turned red from tears. |
| J27B | 97.42% | An infant is thrown into a lake or river and occasionally comes ashore. In addition to his earthly parents, he has a father (and mother) in the underwater world. He does not want to part with them, nor do they want to let him go. |
| B68A | 97.42% | Birds quarrel, and the one who claimed high status cripples the weak one. For this, the others order her to carry the crippled one on her back. |
| I55B | 97.01% | The hero chases a deer or elk carrying the sun. |
| I56A | 96.64% | When a person who has entered another world touches the local inhabitants, they become ill or die. |
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This motif has been recorded in 17 traditions: Western Sami, Eastern Sami (including Skolts), Anatolia Turks, Uyghur, Mansi, Tuvinians of Tuva, Tuvans, Southern Altai: Altai proper (Altai-Kiji), Telengit, Altaians, Northern Altai: Chelkan, Kumanda, Tubalar, Altaians, Nenets, Nganasans, Dolgans, Tungus (Evenki): Baikal region, Evenks, Tungus (Evenki) of China (Solon, Birar, Oroqen, Manegir), Evenks, Tungus (Evenki): Russian Far East, Evenks, Negidal, Forest (Upper Kolyma) Yukaghir, Lkungen (Straits; including Samish, Songish, Sooke, Lummi), Klallam