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N14 - A storyteller at a wedding
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Ю.Е. Березкин, Е.Н. Дувакин. Тематическая классификация и распределение фольклорно-мифологических мотивов по ареалам. Аналитический каталог.
Summary of Motif
fairy-tale text ends with a formula stating that the narrator attended a feast and/or wedding arranged by the characters of the fairy tale.Berezkin category: Fabulous and epic formulas
This is of motif type Adventures and tricks and is part group 13, Formulae
Top 10 Motifs with similar dispersal patterns
| Motif | Similarity | Motif Summary |
|---|---|---|
| K85B | 99.80% | The three-legged horse is distinguished by its strength and speed, and is ridden by a rider of non-human nature. |
| N27 | 99.69% | Bird milk (variant: chicken, pigeon, hawkish, etc.) milk is mentioned in fairy tales, riddles, paroemias and conspiracies as something very rare and difficult to obtain or non-existent actually. |
| N33 | 99.68% | hero drives the enemy into the ground, or he and the enemy alternately drive each other into the ground (ankle-deep, waist-deep, etc.). |
| L108E | 99.53% | A fox has a child, usually adopted (she cares for a lamb, a foal, etc.), a wolf or a bear kills it, and the fox takes revenge. |
| L96A | 99.51% | A person sighs, after which a character named Oh, Uh, Hey-way, etc. appears. |
| K27SS | 99.47% | A strong man must overtake a woman, often an old woman. This is difficult or impossible to achieve. |
| B32A | 99.46% | The enemies of a hero sailing the sea turn into seals or dolphins. |
| I137 | 99.46% | One of the constellations is associated with footwear, usually with (worn-out) bast shoes. |
| I95B | 99.46% | Orion is a yoke. |
| K35A7 | 99.46% | A character finds a feather, the touch of which brings health and beauty. |
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This motif has been recorded in 40 traditions: Arabs of Egypt, Poles, Kashubians, Czech, Czechs, Hungarians, Greeks (modern), Balkarians, Bulgarians, Balkarians, Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians, Moldovans, Lithuanians, Latvians, Karelians, Vepsians, Western Sami, Danes, Danish, 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, Abaza (Abazins), Abkhaz, Abkhazians, Svans, Mingrelians (Megrelians), Laz, Georgians, Armenians, Crimean Tatars, Karaims, Gagauz, Anatolia Turks, Azeris (Azerbaijanis), Kurds, Uyghur, Turkmen, Bashkirs, Mari (Cheremis), Mordvins, Chuvash, Komi (Zyrians and Permyaks), Shor, Tungus (Evenki): Baikal region, Evenks, Chechens, Urums, Rumei