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M57D1 - Donor Bird
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
bird consistently gives a person magical objects (or gives one, with which he receives the rest) or consistently fulfills his wishes.Berezkin category: Adventures: Tricks and episodes
This is of motif type Cosmology and etiology and is part group 9, Identification of protagonists of the stories with particular animals or persons with particular qualities
M57 has 11 other sub-motifsM57a. Instead of the usual secretions from the human body, beads, flowers, gold and other valuables pour in. M57a1. When a beautiful woman walks on the ground, jewels appear under her feet, flowers bloom, etc. M57a2. Instead of common body discharges a a man urinates, spits, etc. beads, flowers, gold and other valuables; valuables are produced by the very presence of particular male person. See motif m57a M57a3. Instead of common body discharges a a woman urinates, spits, etc. beads, flowers, gold and other valuables; valuables are produced by the very presence of particular female person. See motif m57a M57b. Beads or metals are the bodily secretions of a deity. M57c. An animal (donkey, bull, horse, goat, bear, leopard) or inanimate object makes gold or food stand out, or a character makes others believe that this is the case. M57c1. A man fights a bear or (Malayali) leopard and makes another person believe that this animal is defecating with gold. M57d. A person consistently receives magical items that bring wealth. Others replace them or take them away. A person returns what has been taken - usually by receiving another wonderful object (baton, whip) that hits the kidnappers. M57d1. bird consistently gives a person magical objects (or gives one, with which he receives the rest) or consistently fulfills his wishes. M57d2. The man was about to cut down a tree. It himself, or the creature living on it or in it, asks not to do so and fulfills the person's wishes. M57d3. A person receives a reward from a character who is associated with the wind. Cf. Motive K175 (“The wind carried away the flour”). M57d4. A person receives a reward from a character who is associated with frost. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of M57's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| I128 | 99.10% | The Big Dipper – a ladle, a scoop. |
| M98 | 98.59% | The character counts the number of members in two huge and alternative sets (dead and alive, men and women, etc.). Usually numbers are distributed equally, and one term (or some) is endowed with the properties of both. By referring it to one of the sets, the character proves a thesis. |
| C29 | 98.36% | People (God) learn a secret by overhearing (spying on) a character talking to himself or his relatives (or performing actions that should be remembered). The knowledge gained is related to cosmogony or the acquisition of cultural values. |
| I85 | 98.11% | Polar Star – stake, nail, hitching post, etc. |
| C31 | 98.08% | The hedgehog is wiser or more cunning than all the gods and animals; it possesses knowledge that is vital for human existence. |
| N30 | 98.06% | formula that describes the confusion of feelings: when a character looks in one direction, he cries, and when he laughs or smiles in the other direction. |
| M39A6B | 97.62% | The ruler, to whom the master builder went to work, is going to kill or maim him. The master asks to send a person to his house asking him to bring a forgotten instrument or something else. The daughter-in-law understands the true meaning of the request, captivates the messenger and saves her father-in-law. |
| B83 | 97.38% | A character attempts to lift a small object or creature, which turns out to be gigantic and unliftable. Cf. motif I87ab. |
| K27R | 97.31% | The person giving the task requires an item or message to be brought from the world. |
| K126 | 97.31% | A predatory beast or demon eats the hero's horse, but in return is forced or voluntarily helps him. |
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This motif has been recorded in 28 traditions: Slovakians, Slovaks, Greeks (modern), Balkarians, Bulgarians, Balkarians, Latvians, Western Ukrainians, Byelarusians, Belarusians, Russians: Central part of ethnic territory as in A.D. 1500 (Tver, Yaroslavl, Moscow, Kostroma, Vladimir, Ivanovo, Nizhny Novgorod, Ryazan, Tula, Kaluga, Smolensk provinces; in case of absence in other areas also Russians in Vyatka, Perm, Kazan provinces), Uzbek, Sarikoli, Tajik, Persians, Abkhaz, Abkhazians, Karachays, Balkar, Georgians, Kalmyk, 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), Turkmen, Bashkirs, Mari (Cheremis), Mordvins, Chuvash, Udmurt, Komi (Zyrians and Permyaks), Oirats (incl Torgouts, Derbets, Oilots), Mongols (Khalkha), Tuvinians of Tuva, Tuvans, Witoto, Ocaina, Bhutan