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M94B1 - The wolf under the mill wheel

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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 is lured to look under the mill wheel, he dies or is maimed.

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

M94 has 4 other sub-motifs M94.  One character invites the other to roll down the mountain to destroy him. Cf. Motive L42C. M94a.  The demonic character kills his victims, provoking them to slide down the mountain. M94a1.  By stupidity or negligence, a zoomorphic character rolls down a mountain and as a result dies or suffers damage (attacks the edge, falls into the water, etc.). M94b.  The character is lured to look under the mill wheel, he dies or is maimed. M94b1.  The character is lured to look under the mill wheel, he dies or is maimed.  Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of M94's motifs?

Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns

Motif	Similarity	Motif Summary
C33B	100.00%	The demise of the first race is associated with the appearance of wind.
F100A	100.00%	In order to revive a man or remove an arrowhead (bullet) from his body, a chaste girl or woman must touch (step over) the dead or wounded man.
J59C	100.00%	A character strikes the remains of the deceased with a whip or a lash, and the deceased comes back to life.
K167B	100.00%	A boy is able to determine the sex and colour of a young animal in the womb.
K172	100.00%	A man describes his daughter to a potential groom as ugly and crippled. The groom agrees to the marriage, and the bride turns out to be beautiful.
K182	100.00%	A supernatural defender comes to the rescue upon hearing the alarm, but stops doing so after the alarm has been raised in vain.
K27U2	100.00%	An authoritative character orders to find out where the tumbleweed is rolling or what news it brings.
K73B2	100.00%	It is necessary to boil the pot by telling an incredible but nevertheless true story.
L103A	100.00%	A girl, a young woman, runs away from a demonic character; she manages to run home, but her relatives do not open the door. The pursuer finds and eats her. (A musical instrument is made from her hair or intestines). (Overview of variants in Rakhno 2016: 475-484).
L110B	100.00%	The stomach (spleen) removed from the body of a domestic animal or bird turns out to be a voracious monster.

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Terrain Minimal Countries

This motif has been recorded in 12 traditions: Tajik, Lezgians, Archin, Kürin; Khinalug, Tabasaran, Aghul, Dargin (Dargwa), incl. Müregin, Khürkilin, Kubachi, Kumyk, Terekemen, Tats, Georgians, Azeris (Azerbaijanis), Kazan (Middle Volga) Tatars, Bashkirs, Nivkh, Kumaoni (Central Pahari), incl. Garhwali

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