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N10A - Transparent bones
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Summary of Motif
A woman or (rarely) a man with a transparent body is described - bones are visible through the skin, bone marrow is visible through the bones. This transparency is a sign of beauty.Berezkin category: Fabulous and epic formulas
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 13, Formulae
N10 has 3 other sub-motifsN10. A woman or (rarely) a man with a transparent body is described. This transparency is a sign of beauty. N10a. A woman or (rarely) a man with a transparent body is described - bones are visible through the skin, bone marrow is visible through the bones. This transparency is a sign of beauty. N10b. A girl or (rarely) a young man with a transparent neck is described, through which you can see the drinks and/or food that this girl or boy swallows. This neck is a sign of beauty. N10c. A girl is described, through whose body you can see her internal organs or the food she has swallowed. This is a sign of beauty. Click here if would you like to see a distrbution map combining all of N10's motifs? |
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| H43AA | 99.09% | Having created the human body, the creator leaves. At this time, his opponent spits on the figure, which has not yet come to life, smears it with mud, etc. |
| A29 | 98.98% | A character associated with the upper world and a character associated with the earth or the lower world each strive to possess a human being and pull him towards themselves. One or both rivals are women. The character of the upper world and/or the one for whom the struggle is being waged is associated with the luminaries – the sun, the moon, Venus. |
| C28 | 98.57% | A demonic character takes possession of a valuable item without which another character (and people) will perish. The demon is tricked into returning the valuable item. |
| B120 | 98.47% | There are creatures that sleep in winter, and frozen snot hangs from their noses. (Motif identified by Evgenia Korovina). |
| H27A1 | 97.50% | Reptiles and insects crawl out of holes in the ground, bringing disease. |
| J26A | 97.15% | Among children of a woman or two women living together, there is a boy and a puppy, or a puppy was placed with a woman, and her son was thrown out. The puppy lives with the woman and helps her. |
| K52C | 96.79% | Demonstrating his power, a shaman, sorcerer or other character with magical abilities causes the dwelling in which he and other people are located to begin to fill with water. Sometimes it is said that this water is an illusion and that those present also see animals (waterfowl, fish or marine mammals). |
| H27A | 96.56% | When creating the earth, a negative character asks a positive character for as much earth as is necessary to prop up a staff, stake. |
| B109 | 95.40% | A man grows fur and becomes a bear (the origin of bears). |
| I98B | 95.18% | The Pleiades – ducks, nest or wild duck egg. |
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This motif has been recorded in 9 traditions: 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), Chuvash, Komi (Zyrians and Permyaks), Eastern Khanty (Ostyaks), Buryats: Western (cis Baikal), Shor, Central Yakuts (Sakha), Tungus (Evenki): Baikal region, Evenks