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M7A - Thrown in the water
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Summary of Motif
Birds or animals take the character into their boat, but take on a zoomorphic appearance and leave their passenger in the water (after he breaks a ban). (It is significant that the boat or raft only appears to be artifacts, but is actually the bodies of the corresponding birds or animals, or it is an ice floe; cf. Motive M31).Berezkin category: Adventures: Tricks and episodes
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 10, Adventures
M7 has 4 other sub-motifsM7. The character goes to the lower world, to the sky, to the country on the horizon, etc. and waits for someone to give him a ride to his goal. Usually, some animals/birds or celestial bodies follow by, and the last (often the Sun or Month) delivers. M7a. Birds or animals take the character into their boat, but take on a zoomorphic appearance and leave their passenger in the water (after he breaks a ban). (It is significant that the boat or raft only appears to be artifacts, but is actually the bodies of the corresponding birds or animals, or it is an ice floe; cf. Motive M31). M7a1. Person gets to a place from which he is unable to come out. Several (more than two) different celestial bodies rise and move near him or above him. He puts attention to them (and asks their help) M7b. zoomorphic character (usually a fox) finds himself in a place he can't get out of, and consistently asks for help from animals (fish) passing by or approaching him. The latter helps. M7c. zoomorphic character is waiting to be transported across the water. Animals or fish consistently offer help. The character only accepts the latter's help - he was waiting for him to eat. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of M7's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| A2D | 96.08% | Other suns illuminate other levels of the universe or will shine sequentially in the future. |
| F49A | 78.78% | A small animal (mouse, rat, rabbit, two-wombed animal, bird) explains how to give birth. See motif F49. |
| L38 | 75.53% | The demon sets a trap, and people fall into it. Cf. motif K64A. |
| I17A | 72.17% | Creatures without an anal opening or mouth - dwarves. |
| A10 | 70.71% | The sun gets its sparkling eyes (eye) from an animal. |
| A11C | 70.71% | The Sun and Moon kill a monster whose eyes shine differently. At first, the Moon takes the brighter eye, but then swaps with the Sun. |
| A32J | 70.71% | A shaman with a tambourine ascends to the moon and remains there, visible in the silhouette of the lunar spots. |
| B23 | 70.71% | The deity forbids the use of fire for cooking and punishes those who violate the prohibition. |
| B39 | 70.71% | An insect or character, which later turns into an insect, knows where food (cultivated plants) or water is located, but refuses to share this knowledge. To find the valuables (usually to force the insect to reveal its secret), the first ancestors pull on a rope tied around the character's waist (the origin of the bridge between the abdominal and thoracic sections of insects). |
| B42M1 | 70.71% | The three main stars of the Big Dipper's handle are associated with people of three different nationalities. |
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This motif has been recorded in 9 traditions: Kerek, Reindeer Koryak, Maritime Koryak (Alyutor), Chukchi, Central Yupik, Sicuani, Makiritare (Yecuana), Barasana, Taibano, Macuna, Itelmen