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M97 - A blind man asks trees, D1313.4.
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
Blinded or far from the target, the character walks, bumping into trees of various species and asking everyone a question or request. He eventually achieves his goal.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
M97 has 3 other sub-motifsM97. Blinded or far from the target, the character walks, bumping into trees of various species and asking everyone a question or request. He eventually achieves his goal. M97a1. M97a2. M97B. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of M97's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| L5E1 | 97.86% | A woman who has become a monster pursues her own children. |
| M69 | 96.63% | character is attracted by the inside of a large animal's skull (small animals or insects are dancing or feasting inside, or eating some meat); he sticks his head inside , it gets stuck. |
| D4C | 96.50% | Characters obtain the warm season from its original owners. |
| C6B | 96.32% | The desired object is brought up from the bottom by a muskrat (rarely a beaver or otter). |
| J19B | 96.15% | An evil spirit kills a woman by burning through her body. |
| L99 | 96.01% | Having captured the character, the ogre orders him to bring wood or a spit to roast him. The character deliberately procrastinates, brings the wrong thing, or is helped to escape by some animal. |
| M53 | 95.98% | The character invites others to gather around him, focusing on an activity (usually dancing with their eyes closed or lowered), and then kills the crowd (usually one at a time). |
| L9B | 95.62% | The sharp elbows or (rarely) knees of the character resemble knives or awls. |
| A38C | 95.33% | The Sun exchanges a cape made of animal or bird skins with a boy or girl, or spoils it. As a result, the boy or girl raises their status or takes revenge on the Sun. |
| M66 | 94.45% | After eating certain foods frivolously or rubbing his body with his spine, the character suffers from itching, diarrhea, or an irrepressible eruption of intestinal gases. |
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This motif has been recorded in 22 traditions: Southern Taiwan: Rukai, Paiwan, Puyuma, Saaroa, Ketangalan, Estonians, Western Sami, Eastern Sami (including Skolts), Chipewyan, Gwich'in (Kuchin, Loucheux), Western Ojibwa (Chippewa), Attikamek, Menominee, Sauk (Sak, Mesquakie), Fox, Kickapoo, Five Nations Iroquois (Seneca, Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga), Sarsee (Tsuu T'ina), Arapaho, Iowa, Gros Ventre, Plains Cree, Plains Ojibwa, Thompson (Nlaka'pamux), Okanagon, Sanpoil, Shasta; Chimariko, Maidu, Nisenan, Konkov, Northern Paiute (=Paviotso)