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M33 - Sealed anus
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
The character plugs or seals his anus tightly (with wax, clay, grass, etc.), or someone else does it. See M32 motif.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 |
|---|---|---|
| F20 | 93.30% | After copulation, the man and woman are unable to break their embrace. |
| J2 | 92.38% | Husband or lover – tree (temporarily transformed into a human). |
| I14A | 91.36% | People without anuses regurgitate what they have eaten through their mouths or other (marked) orifices. See motif I14. |
| I29 | 91.28% | A character climbs into an animal's burrow and finds himself in the underworld, or digs a deep hole and finds himself in a world inhabited by burrowing animals. |
| F4 | 90.76% | In the days of the first ancestors, children were conceived not through sexual intercourse, but in vessels, piles of earth, lumps of clay, etc. |
| D2 | 90.75% | A woman gives birth to a son who is very hot. |
| E5D | 90.50% | The first people to arrive on earth and settle within a limited space are threatened by a predator or monster. |
| I24 | 90.23% | A snake (or fish) forms a bridge across a river. |
| F45 | 89.46% | There are or were settlements where only women lived or live (cf. motifs F8, F45C). |
| B37 | 89.25% | The character decorates various birds (less often fish) and distributes fat to animals. Since then, the corresponding species have possessed their current characteristics. |
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Map of Motif Dispersal
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This motif has been recorded in 18 traditions: Kikuyu, Chuka, Embu, Emberre, Mwimbe, Batak (Toba, Dairi), Tamil, Muthuvan, Marvar, Tamils, Lepcha, Basques, Ossetians, Georgians, Shor, Tahltan, Koyukon, Oregon Athabaskans: Lower Umpqua, Tututni (incl Joshua), Upper Coquille, Galice, Tolowa, Pasco, Junin, Huancavelica departments: Central Peru, Sierra (Kechua-speaking communities in Spanish sources XVI-XVII centuries), Aimara, Sanapana, Lengua (incl Angaite), Mocovi; Kechua of Santiago del Estero with probable Guaikuruan substratum; Abipon, Mataco, Chorote, Wallons, Picardie