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N5 - Winter is recognized by frost, summer by rain
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Summary of Motif
Long trips, hikes, flights, or battles are described using a formula that indicates that characters learn about winter through snow or frost, and summer through warmth, rain, dew or other similar signs.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 |
|---|---|---|
| B74 | 99.70% | The eyes of the capercaillie or black grouse turned red from tears. |
| I55B | 99.47% | The hero chases a deer or elk carrying the sun. |
| J27B | 99.15% | An infant is thrown into a lake or river and occasionally comes ashore. In addition to his earthly parents, he has a father (and mother) in the underwater world. He does not want to part with them, nor do they want to let him go. |
| M91D | 98.85% | The character deceives others by passing off the dead as alive, directing suspicions of murder to innocent people, etc. When a shaman (less often a shaman) is ready to discover the truth, he succeeds in it kill and avoid being charged with murder. |
| M171B | 98.63% | The character pretends to have brought meat on a shoulder blade and gives it to the hosts to cook. Taking a bare bone without meat out of the pot, he accuses the hosts of stealing the meat. |
| B81 | 98.42% | The creator and his opponent consider whether to give the dog the ability to shoot (with a bow or a gun). |
| L42C | 98.37% | The character hides from someone stronger, sometimes inside the house, sometimes outside, and the stronger character cannot catch him. |
| I56A | 98.24% | When a person who has entered another world touches the local inhabitants, they become ill or die. |
| M108A | 98.16% | A lonely elderly couple adopts a trickster. He steals from them (and runs away). |
| B45B | 97.52% | The bull or cow is the embodiment of cold, the reason why winter is cold. |
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This motif has been recorded in 22 traditions: Eastern Khanty (Ostyaks), Buryats: Western (cis Baikal), Tuvinians of Tuva, Tuvans, Khakas, Shor, Southern Altai: Altai proper (Altai-Kiji), Telengit, Altaians, Northern Altai: Chelkan, Kumanda, Tubalar, Altaians, Central Yakuts (Sakha), Dolgans, Tungus (Evenki): Baikal region, Evenks, Tungus (Evenki) of China (Solon, Birar, Oroqen, Manegir), Evenks, Tungus (Evenki): Russian Far East, Evenks, Western Tungus (Evenki), Western Siberia Tungus (Evenki): Sym River, Ket River, Forest (Upper Kolyma) Yukaghir, Creols of Russkoye Ustye, Southern Altai: Teleut, Khamnigans, Buryats: Eastern (trans Baikal), i.e. Khori, Ilimpii Tungus/Evenki, Yerbogachen Tungus/Evenki, Tungus/Evenki of Nercha - Chita area